Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893) was a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach, and the younger brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria. He married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1875 and had three sons with her.

Biography

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.

Marriage and issue 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. Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:

Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952) 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) Duke Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

Honours He received the following orders and decorations: Knight of St. Hubert Commander of the Military Merit Order Grand Cross of Henry the Lion Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1875 Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 11 September 1872 Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1875

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