Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

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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.{{Cite web |title=Maximilian Emanuel in Bayern (1849-1893) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44898770/maximilian-emanuel-in_bayern |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria 1849-1893: Sisi In England |url=https://sisi-in-england.com/bavarian-family/duke-maximilian-emanuel-1849-1893/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=sisi-in-england.com}} Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

• Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
• Duke Christoph Joseph Klemens Maria in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963). He was married to Anna Sibig (18 July 1874 – 1 January 1958){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
• Duke Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

He received the following orders and decorations:{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1890|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3e6p&view=1up&seq=1|year=1890|publisher=Landesamt|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3e6p&view=1up&seq=193 165]}}

• {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}:
• Knight of St. Hubert
• Commander of the Military Merit Order
• {{flag|Brunswick}}: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion
• {{flag|Mecklenburg-Schwerin}}: Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class
• {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1875{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1893&size=45&page=299|chapter=Ritter-Orden |title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1893|access-date=5 April 2021|page=66}}
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} Kingdom of Prussia:
• Knight of the Black Eagle, 11 September 1872{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|volume=1|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=15&skin=2021 7]|language=German|chapter=Schwarzer Adler-orden|location=Berlin|year=1886|via=hathitrust.org}}
• Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class
• {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1875Staatshandbuch und Geographisches Ortslexikon für die Herzogthümer Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1884), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00244601/Sachsen_Coburg_Gotha_497472023_497472813_1884_8_0074.tif?logicalDiv=jportal_jparticle_00483785 32]

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|1= 1. Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

|2= 2. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria

|3= 3. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

|4= 4. Duke Pius August in Bavaria

|5= 5. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg

|6= 6. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

|7= 7. Princess Caroline of Baden

|8= 8. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria

|9= 9. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

|10= 10. Prince Louis of Arenberg

|11= 11. Marie Adélaïde Julie de Mailly-Nesle

|12= 12. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

|13= 13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

|14= 14. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden

|15= 15. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

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