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Article: Maximilian II (Holy Roman Empire) (1527–1576; Ruled 1564–1576)
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MAXIMILIAN II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1527
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1576; ruled 1564
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1576)
MAXIMILIAN II (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)
(1527
–
1576; ruled 1564
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1576), Holy Roman emperor. Maximilian II, who was born on 31 July 1527 in Vienna and died on 12 October 1576 in Regensburg, was king of Bohemia (ruled 1562
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1576), king of the Romans (1562), and king of Hungary (ruled 1563
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1576). He became Holy Roman emperor in 1564. In 1548 he married Mar
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a of Habsburg (1528
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1603), coregent of Spain (1548
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1550). Maximilian is buried in Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
Son of the new king and queen of Bohemia and Hungary, Ferdinand I (ruled 1558
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1564) of Habsburg and ...