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Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA 1756–1825 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1756

Birth Location: Bavaria, Germany

Death Date: 13 Oct 1825

Death Location: Bavaria, Germany

Father: Frederick ZWEIBRUCKEN-BIRKENFELD

Mother: Maria SULZBACH

Spouse(s): Augusta DARMSTADT, Caroline BADEN, Ludovica BAVARIA

Children(s): Sophie BAVARIA, Elizabeth BAVARIA, Ludovica BAVARIA, Ludwig Bavaria, Elizabeth BAVARIA, Caroline BAVARIA, Amalie BAVARIA, Charles BAVARIA, Maria BAVARIA, Amalia BAVARIA

In 1756, Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA entered the world in Bavaria, Germany, born to Frederick Michael Of Zweibrucken Birkenfeld And Maria Dorothea Of Sulzbach. Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA married Augusta Wilhelmine Of Darmstadt, Caroline Of Baden, Ludovica Of Bavaria, and had children including Amalia Of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste Of Bavaria, Caroline Augusta Of Bavaria, Charles Of Bavaria, Charles Theodore Of Bavaria, Elizabeth Of Bavaria, Helen Of Bavaria, Louis Of Bavaria, Ludovica Of Bavaria, Ludwig I Of Bavaria, Maria Of Bavaria, Maximilian Of Bavaria, Sophie Of Bavaria. Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA passed away in 1825 in Bavaria, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1756, Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA entered the world in Bavaria, Germany, born to Frederick Michael Of Zweibrucken Birkenfeld And Maria Dorothea Of Sulzbach.
  • Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA married Augusta Wilhelmine Of Darmstadt, Caroline Of Baden, Ludovica Of Bavaria, and had children including Amalia Of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste Of Bavaria, Caroline Augusta Of Bavaria, Charles Of Bavaria, Charles Theodore Of Bavaria, Elizabeth Of Bavaria, Helen Of Bavaria, Louis Of Bavaria, Ludovica Of Bavaria, Ludwig I Of Bavaria, Maria Of Bavaria, Maximilian Of Bavaria, Sophie Of Bavaria.
  • Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA passed away in 1825 in Bavaria, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick ZWEIBRUCKEN-BIRKENFELD
1730–
Birth Location: –
FZ
Maria SULZBACH
1735–
Birth Location: –
MS

Spouses(s)

Augusta DARMSTADT
1760–
Birth Location: Hesse-Darmstadt
AD
Caroline BADEN
1770–
Birth Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
CB
Ludovica BAVARIA
1806–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
LB

Children(s)

Sophie BAVARIA
1802–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
SB
Elizabeth BAVARIA
1798–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
EB
Ludovica BAVARIA
1806–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
LB
Ludwig Bavaria
1786–1868
Birth Location: Strasbourg, Bavaria - son of Maximilian I Joseph
LB
Elizabeth BAVARIA
1840–1898
Birth Location: Bavaria, Germany
EB
Caroline BAVARIA
1790–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
CB
Amalie BAVARIA
1788–
Birth Location: –
AB
Charles BAVARIA
1828–
Birth Location: Bavaria - son of Duke Maximilian Joseph
CB
Maria BAVARIA
1804–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Duke Maximilian Joseph
MB
Amalia BAVARIA
1800–
Birth Location: Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph
AB

Maximilian BAVARIA's Ancestors

Self
Maximilian BAVARIA
1756–1825
Birth Place: Bavaria, Germany
Parents
Frederick Michael of ZWEIBRUCKEN-BIRKENFELD
1730–
Maria (Dorothea of) SULZBACH
1735–
Grandparents
Christian (III of) ZWEIBRUCKEN
1700–
Duchess (of) BIRKENFELD
1705–
Great-Grandparents
Duke ZWEIBRUCKEN
1675–1731
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Maximilian BAVARIA's Descendants

1.
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Maximilian (I Joseph of) BAVARIA (1756–13 Oct 1825) m. Augusta (Wilhelmine of) DARMSTADT (Abt. 1760–) m. Caroline (of) BADEN (Abt. 1770–) m. Ludovica (of) BAVARIA (Abt. 1806–)
  1. 1. Sophie (of) BAVARIA 1802– m. Francis (Charles of) HAPSBURG-AUSTRIA 1802–1878
    1. 1. Louis (Victor) HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 1835–1919
    2. 2. Charles (Louis of) HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 1833–1896 m. Maria (Annunziata of) BOURBON-NAPLES –1871 m. Maria (Theresa) PORTUGAL 1855–1944 m. Margaret (of) SAXONY 1840–1862
      1. 1. Ferdinand (of) AUSTRIA 1868–1915
      2. 2. Francis (Ferdinand) AUSTRIA 1863–1914 m. Sophie CHOTEK 1868–1914
        1. 1. Duke (of) HOHENBERG 1901–
      3. 3. Otto (Francis Joseph of) HAPSBURG-AUSTRIA 1865–1906
        1. 1. Charles (I of) HAPSBURG-AUSTRIA 1887–1922 m. Zita (of) BOURBON-PARMA 1890–1922
    3. 3. Francis (Joseph I Hapsburg) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 1830–1916 m. Elizabeth (of) BAVARIA 1840–1898
    4. 4. Maximilian (of) MEXICO 1832–1867 m. Charlotte (of) BELGIUM 1840–1927
  2. 2. Elizabeth (of) BAVARIA 1798–
  3. 3. Ludovica (of) BAVARIA 1806– m. Maximilian (I Joseph of) BAVARIA 1756–1825
  4. 4. Ludwig (I of) Bavaria 1786–1868 m. Theresa (of) SAXE-HILDBURGHAUSEN 1792–1854 m. Lola MONTEZ 1818–
    1. 1. Maximilian (II Joseph of) BAVARIA 1811–1864 m. Maria (of) PRUSSIA 1815–
      1. 1. Otto (of) BAVARIA 1848–1918
      2. 2. Ludwig (II of) BAVARIA 1845–1886
    2. 2. Luitpold (the Regent of) BAVARIA 1821–1912 m. Auguste (of) TUSCANY 1830–
      1. 1. Arnulf (of) BAVARIA 1850–
      2. 2. Ludwig (III) BAVARIA 1845–1921
        1. 1. Ruprecht (of) BAVARIA 1869–1955 m. Maria (Gabrielle of) BAVARIA 1879–1912
    3. 3. Otto (of) GREECE 1816–1862 m. Amalie (Marie Friederike of) OLDENBURG 1818–1875
    4. 4. Louis (Ferdinand of) BAVARIA 1845– m. Maria (de la) PAZ 1850–
    5. 5. Hildegarde (of) BAVARIA 1820– m. Albert (of) HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 1817–1895
    6. 6. Mathilda (of) BAVARIA 1813– m. Louis (III of) HESSE 1805–
  5. 5. Elizabeth (of) BAVARIA 1840–1898 m. Francis (Joseph I Hapsburg) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 1830–1916 m. Frederick (William IV of) Prussia 1795–1861
    1. 1. Gisela (of) HAPSBURG-AUSTRIA 1855–
    2. 2. Louise (Marguerite of) PRUSSIA 1860–1917 m. Arthur (Duke of) CONNAUGHT 1850–1942
      1. 1. Margaret (of) CONNAUGHT 1882–1920 m. Gustavus (VI Adolphus of) SWEDEN 1882–1973
        1. 1. Ingrid (of) SWEDEN 1910– m. Frederick (IX of) DENMARK 1899–1972
        2. 2. Sigvard (of) SWEDEN 1907–
        3. 3. Bertil (of) SWEDEN 1912–
        4. 4. Charles (John of) SWEDEN 1916–
        5. 5. Gustavus (Adolphus VIII of) SWEDEN 1906–1947 m. Sybil (of) SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA 1910–1973
      2. 2. Arthur (II of) CONNAUGHT 1883–1938 m. Alexandra (Victoria) MacDuff –1959
        1. 1. Alastair (Arthur II Duke of) CONNAUGHT –1943
      3. 3. Victoria (Patricia of) CONNAUGHT 1886–
    3. 3. Rudolph (of) HAPSBURG 1858–1889 m. Stephanie (of) BELGIUM 1860–1945 m. Marie VETSERA –1889
      1. 1. Elizabeth (of) HAPSBURG –1963
    4. 4. Charles (I Ferdinand of) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 1825–
      1. 1. Maria (Cristina of) AUSTRIA 1858–1929 m. Alfonso (XII of) SPAIN 1857–1885
        1. 1. Maria (de las) MERCEDES 1880– m. Don (Carlos de (Charles of)) BORBON 1875–
        2. 2. Alfonso (XIII) SPAIN 1886–1941 m. Eugenia (Victoria of) BATTENBERG 1887–1969
  6. 6. Caroline (Augusta of) BAVARIA 1790– m. Francis (II of) HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 1768–1835
  7. 7. Amalie (Auguste of) BAVARIA 1788– m. Eugene (de Beauharnais of) LEUCHTENBERG 1781–1824
    1. 1. Maximilien (of) LEUCHTENBERG 1817–1852 m. Maria (Nikolaevna of) RUSSIA 1819–1876
      1. 1. Nikolai ROMANOVSKI 1843–1891
      2. 2. Georgi ROMANOVSKI 1852–1912
        1. 1. Aleksandr ROMANOVSKI 1881–1917
    2. 2. Josephine (Beauharnais of) LEUCHTENBERG 1807–1876 m. Oscar (I of SWEDEN &) NORWAY 1799–1859
      1. 1. Oscar (II of) SWEDEN-NORWAY 1829–1907 m. Sophie (of) NASSAU 1839–
        1. 1. Eugene (of) SWEDEN 1864–
        2. 2. Gustavus (V of) SWEDEN 1858–1950 m. Victoria (of) BADEN 1863–1930
        3. 3. Karl (or Charles of) SWEDEN 1862– m. Ingeborg (of) DENMARK 1865–
        4. 4. Oscar (III of) SWEDEN 1860–
      2. 2. Gustav (of) SWEDEN –1852
      3. 3. Charles (XV of) SWEDEN 1826–1872 m. Louisa (of the) NETHERLANDS 1831–
        1. 1. Louise (of) SWEDEN 1850– m. Frederick (VIII) DENMARK 1843–1912
        2. 2. Carl (Oscar of) SWEDEN 1852–1854
      4. 4. August (of) SWEDEN 1834– m. Teresia (of) SAXE-ALTENBURG 1840–
    3. 3. Auguste (of) LEUCHTENBERG 1810–1835 m. Maria (II of) PORTUGAL 1819–1853
      1. 1. Maria (Anna of) PORTUGAL 1836– m. George (of) SAXONY 1832–1904
    4. 4. Amelia (of) LEUCHTENBERG 1812–1873 m. Peter ((Dom Pedro) IV of) PORTUGAL 1798–1834
    5. 5. Eugenie (Hortense) LEUCHTENBERG 1808–1847
    6. 6. Theodelinda (of) LEUCHTENBERG 1814–1857
  8. 8. Charles (Theodore of) BAVARIA 1828– m. Maria (Josepha of) PORTUGAL 1836–
  9. 9. Maria (of) BAVARIA 1804– m. Francis (II of) NAPLES 1790–1830 m. Frederick (Augustus II (IV) of) SAXONY 1799–1854
    1. 1. Ferdinand (II of) NAPLES 1810–1859
      1. 1. Francis (II Charles of TWO) SICILIES 1836–1894
  10. 10. Amalia (of) BAVARIA 1800– m. John (of) SAXONY 1801–1873
    1. 1. George (of) SAXONY 1832–1904 m. Maria (Anna of) PORTUGAL 1836–
      1. 1. John (George of) SAXONY 1867–
      2. 2. Maximilian (of) SAXONY 1869–
      3. 3. Frederick (Augustus III of) SAXONY 1865–1932 m. Louise (of) TUSCANY 1870–
        1. 1. George (of) SAXONY 1893–
        2. 2. Ernest (Henry of) SAXONY 1896–
        3. 3. Margaret (of) SAXONY 1897–
        4. 4. Maria (of) SAXONY 1898–
        5. 5. Anna (of) SAXONY 1900–
        6. 6. Frederick (Christian of) SAXONY 1893–
    2. 2. Albert (of) SAXONY 1828–1902

Maximilian BAVARIA's Timeline

3 Records

1756
27 May 1756
Birth of Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA in Bavaria - son of Frederick Michael
Bavaria - son of Frederick Michael
1756
1756
Birth of Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA in Bavaria, Germany
Bavaria, Germany
1825
13 Oct 1825
Age 69
Death of Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA in Bavaria, Germany
Bavaria, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 May 1756
    Event Place: Bavaria - son of Frederick Michael

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Bavaria, Germany

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Bavaria, Germany

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1777
    Event Place: French Army - Major General

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Bet. 1806–1825
    Record Source: Kingdom's of Europe, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruling Monarchs FromAncient Times to the Present, Gurney page 264.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1825
    Event Place: Bavaria, Germany
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