Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian von Habsburg

Holy Roman Emperor from the House of Habsburg. Born as the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and Princess Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, he succeeded his father as Emperor in 1564. He became King of Bohemia and King of the Romans in 1562, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1563, and ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1564 to 1576. Within the Empire following the Reformation, he attempted to mediate conflicts between Catholics and Lutherans, granting a degree of religious freedom to Lutheran nobles in Austria while also addressing the war with the Ottoman Empire. He is also known as a patron of Renaissance culture, contributing to the development of court culture in Vienna and Prague.

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Year	Maximilian von Habsburg
1477	War of the Burgundian Succession (Age: 50 years before birth, Period: 1477–1493, Location: Burgundian Netherlands regions such as Burgundy, Flanders, Artois, Hainaut, etc.) Guelders Wars (Age: 50 years before birth, Period: c. 1477–1492, Location: Duchy of Guelders, Netherlands) Habsburg Expansion into Burgundy (Age: 50 years before birth, Period: 1477–1482, Location: Burgundian Netherlands) Marriage (Maximilian von Habsburg, Mary of Burgundy, Age: 49 years before birth, Period: August 19, 1477, Location: Ghent (present-day Belgium))
1479	Battle of Guinegate (Age: 47 years before birth, Period: August 7, 1479, Location: Guinegate (near present-day Enguinegatte), Northern France)
1482	Suppression of the Netherlandish Rebellions (Age: 45 years before birth, Period: 1482–1492, Location: Flanders, Brabant, Guelders, etc.)
1488	Imprisonment in Bruges (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 39 years before birth, Period: c. January–May 1488, Location: Bruges, Flanders)
1490	Austro-Hungarian War (Age: 37 years before birth, Period: 1490–1491, Location: Austria, Hungary, around Bohemia) Unification of Tyrolean Habsburg Lands (Age: 37 years before birth, Period: 1490s, Location: Tyrol, Austria) Development of Military System and Landsknechte (Age: 37 years before birth, Period: 1490s–1510s, Location: Holy Roman Empire, Austria, etc.) Patronage of Arts and Literature (Age: 37 years before birth, Period: 1490s–1519, Location: Innsbruck, Vienna, various places in the Holy Roman Empire)
1491	Treaty of Pressburg (Age: 36 years before birth, Period: 1491, Location: Pressburg (present-day Bratislava), Kingdom of Hungary)
1492	Marriage (Maximilian von Habsburg, Anne of Brittany, Age: 34 years before birth, Period: December 19, 1490 (proxy marriage), annulled in 1492, Location: Rennes, Duchy of Brittany (proxy marriage))
1493	Death of Father Frederick III and Start of Sole Rule (Age: 33 years before birth, Period: August 19, 1493, Location: Linz, Austria)
1494	Italian Campaign and Conflict with France (Age: 33 years before birth, Period: 1494–1498, Location: Northern Italy, Lombardy, etc.) Marriage (Maximilian von Habsburg, Bianca Maria Sforza, Age: 33 years before birth, Period: March 16, 1494, Location: Innsbruck, Austria)
1495	Diet of Worms and Imperial Reform (Age: 32 years before birth, Period: 1495, Location: Worms, Holy Roman Empire) Marriage Policy of Son Philip and the Spanish Royal House (Age: 32 years before birth, Period: 1495–1496, Location: Flanders, Kingdom of Spain, etc.) Promotion of Imperial Reform (Age: 32 years before birth, Period: 1495–1512, Location: Worms, various places in the Holy Roman Empire)
1496	Development of Habsburg Marriage Policy (Age: 31 years before birth, Period: 1496–1515, Location: Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Bohemia, etc.) Habsburg Family Connections with Spain (Age: 31 years before birth, Period: From 1496, Location: Flanders, Spain)
1499	Swabian War (Age: 28 years before birth, Period: 1499, Location: Swabia, Upper Rhine, Northern Switzerland)
1500	Creation of Autobiographical Works such as "Weißkunig" (Age: 27 years before birth, Period: 1500s–1519, Location: Holy Roman Empire)
1503	War of the Succession of Landshut (Age: 24 years before birth, Period: 1503–1505, Location: Bavaria, Southern Germany)
1508	War of the League of Cambrai (Age: 19 years before birth, Period: 1508–1516, Location: Northern Italy, Veneto, Friuli, Lombardy, etc.) New Practice of the Imperial Title (Age: 19 years before birth, Period: 1508, Location: Trento, Italy) Declaration of Emperor at Trento (Age: 19 years before birth, Period: February 4, 1508, Location: Trento, Italy) Formation of the League of Cambrai (Age: 18 years before birth, Period: December 10, 1508, Location: Cambrai, France)
1515	Habsburg-Jagiellon Marriage Agreement of 1515 (Age: 12 years before birth, Period: 1515, Location: Vienna, Austria) Double Marriage Agreement of Vienna of 1515 (Age: 12 years before birth, Period: 1515, Location: Vienna, Austria)
1516	Final Italian Campaign (Age: 11 years before birth, Period: 1516, Location: Northern Italy)
1519	Death at Wels (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 8 years before birth, Period: January 12, 1519, Location: Wels, Upper Austria, Austria)
1521	Italian Wars (Age: 6 years before birth, Period: 1551–1559, Location: Italy, France, Netherlands, etc.)
1526	Habsburg Marriage Policy (Age: 1 years before birth, Period: 1526–1548, Location: Spain, Portugal, Holy Roman Empire, etc.)
1527	Birth of Maximilian von Habsburg (Period: July 31, 1527, Location: Vienna, Austria)
1529	Ottoman–Habsburg Wars (Age: 1 years old, Period: 1566, Location: Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian border region, etc.)
1530	Diet of Augsburg (Age: 2 years old, Period: 1530, Location: Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire)
1531	Election as King of the Romans (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 3 years old, Period: January 5, 1531, Location: Cologne, Holy Roman Empire)
1548	Regency at the Spanish Court (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1548–1551, Location: Spain, Valladolid, etc.) Marriage (Maximilian von Habsburg, Maria of Spain, Age: 21 years old, Period: September 13, 1548, Location: Valladolid (Spain))
1562	Establishment of the Throne Succession System in Vienna (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1562–1564, Location: Frankfurt, Prague, Pozsony (present-day Bratislava), etc.)
1563	Coronation as King of Hungary and Croatia (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 36 years old, Period: September 8, 1563, Location: Pozsony (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia))
1564	Religious Toleration Policy in Austria (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1564–1576, Location: Archduchy of Austria) Protection of Art and Culture at the Prague and Vienna Courts (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1564–1576, Location: Vienna, Prague) Death of Ferdinand I and Succession to the Imperial Throne (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 36 years old, Period: July 25, 1564, Location: Vienna, Austria)
1566	Support from the Imperial Diet for the Ottoman War (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1566, Location: Augsburg) Siege of Szigetvár (Age: 39 years old, Period: August–September 1566, Location: Szigetvár (present-day Hungary))
1568	Treaty of Adrianople (Age: 40 years old, Period: February 17, 1568, Location: Adrianople (present-day Edirne, Turkey))
1575	Conflict over the Polish Throne Succession (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1575–1576, Location: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Candidacy for the Polish Throne (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 47 years old, Period: 1575–1576, Location: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Coronation as King of Bohemia (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 48 years old, Period: September 22, 1575, Location: Prague (present-day Czech Republic)) Election as King of the Romans (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 48 years old, Period: October 27, 1575, Location: Regensburg (Germany)) 1575 Polish Royal Election (Maximilian von Habsburg, Age: 48 years old, Period: December 1575, Location: Around Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)
1576	Death of Maximilian von Habsburg (Age: 49 years old, Period: October 12, 1576) Preparations for the Polish Expedition and Death (Age: 49 years old, Period: October 12, 1576, Location: Regensburg (Germany))

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Holy Roman Emperor	Maximilian von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg Ferdinand von Habsburg Rudolf von Habsburg Maria von Habsburg Maria von Spanien
German Reformation	Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Andreas Karlstadt Thomas Müntzer Martin Bucer Johannes Oecolampadius Georg Spalatin
German Renaissance Art	Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein Lucas Maler Lucas Sunder Albrecht Altdorfer Matthias Grünewald
Polish Science	Nicolaus Copernicus Marcin Bylica Jan Łaski Jan Kanty Broziński

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