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Maximilian II

Type Figure Region Holy Roman Empire Time 1527–1576 Also known as Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor、Maximilian von Habsburg

Habsburg monarch, Holy Roman Emperor 1564–1576 and King of Bohemia and Hungary;…

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  1. 1527–1562Vienna · AustriaBorn at the Habsburg court in Vienna, received humanist and military training under his father Ferdinand I, later served long as regent of Spanish territories and took part in imperial affairs.
  2. 1562–1564Prague · BohemiaSucceeded as King of Bohemia in 1562, crowned King of Hungary in 1563, countered Ottoman threats on the eastern frontier and consolidated Habsburg rule in Eastern Europe.
  3. 1564–1576Vienna · Holy Roman EmpireSucceeded as emperor in 1564, sought compromise amid imperial religious divisions, concluded a long truce with the Ottomans around 1570, and patronized scholarship in Prague and Vienna until his death in 1576.

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