Maximilian Emanuel | |
Full Name: | German: Maximilian Emanuel |
Spouse: | Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Issue: | Duke Siegfried Duke Christoph Duke Luitpold |
House: | Wittelsbach |
Father: | Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria |
Mother: | Princess Ludovika of Bavaria |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1849 |
Birth Place: | Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
Death Place: | Feldafing, Kingdom of Bavaria |
Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (7 December 1849 - 12 June 1893) was a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach, and a brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria. He married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1875, and had three children with her.
Born on 7 December 1849 in Munich, Maximilian Emanuel was the tenth and youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. He expressed an interest in the army at a young age, becoming a second lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Bavarian Uhlans in 1865. He participated in the War of 1866 on the side of Austria, fighting in the battles of Hünfeld and Hammelburg.
Maximilian Emanuel developed severe gastric bleeding in 1893, passing away in June of that year.[1]
Maximilian Emanuel married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, fourth child and second eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans, on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary.[2] Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:
He received the following orders and decorations:[3]