Maximilian II Emanuel

Maximilian II Emanuel,
Elector of Bavaria
Portrait by Joseph Vivien
Elector of Bavaria
Reign	26 May 1679 — 26 February 1726
Predecessor	Ferdinand Maria
Successor	Charles Albert
29th Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
In office 1691 – 7 March 1714
Monarch	Charles II Philip V
Preceded by	Francisco Antonio de Agurto
Succeeded by	Prince Eugene of Savoy as governor of the Austrian Netherlands
Born	11 July 1662 Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	26 February 1726 (aged 63) Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Theatine Church
Spouse	Maria Antonia of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1686; died 1692)​ Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska ​ ​ (m. 1694)​
Issue	With Maria Antonia: Joseph Ferdinand With Theresa: Charles VII (Albert of Wittelsbach), Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand Maria Innocenz Clemens August Johann Theodor
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Mother	Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
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Maximilian II Emanuel (11 July 1662 — 26 February 1726), also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was the Elector of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726. He was the father of Charles Albert of Wittelsbach who later became the Holy Roman Emperor in the early 1740s and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria who was King of Spain Charles II's heir to the throne (Treaty of The Hague (1698)) (as he was getting ill) as he was the grandnephew the King. But he died before he could be the King. He was the son of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. He married Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, a son of the King John III Sobieski of Poland.

During the Habsburg Spanish Inheritance wars Max Emanuel's family became separated and the sons were held prisoners for several years in Austria. There his son Clemens August was brought up by Jesuits. Only in 1715 was the family re-united. The uncle Joseph Clemens, elector and archbishop of Cologne saw to it, that Clemens August received several appointments in Alt-Oetting, dioce Regensburg and at the Prince-Bishopric Berchtesgaden. He soon received pal conformation as bishop of Regensburg, later Cologne.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
First marriage with Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor:
Leopold Ferdinand	22 May 1689	25 May 1689	3 days	Died in infancy.
Anton	19 November 1690		0 days	Died at birth.
Joseph Ferdinand	28 October 1692	6 February 1699	6 years	see note 1 ([a])
Second marriage with Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska of Poland, daughter of King John III Sobieski:
Stillborn child	1695		c. 0 days	None
Maria Anna Karoline	4 August 1696	9 October 1750	54 years	Since 1720 a nun, died unmarried and without issue.
Charles Albert (of Wittelsbach)	6 August 1697	20 January 1745	47 years	Elector of Bavaria, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, marriage (∞) 1722 Maria Amalia Josepha Anna of Austria (1701–1756)
Philipp Moritz Maria	5 August 1698	12 March 1719	20 years	Elected bishop of Paderborn and Münster, died unmarried and without issue.
Ferdinand Maria	5 August 1699	9 December 1738	39 years	Imperial general
Clemens August	17 August 1700	6 February 1761	60 years	Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Prince Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Regensburg, Paderborn, Osnabrück, Hildesheim and Münster.
Wilhelm	12 July 1701	12 February 1704	2 years	Died in early childhood.
Alois Johann Adolf	21 June 1702	18 June 1705	2 years	Died in early childhood.
Johann Theodor	3 September 1703	27 January 1763	59 years	Cardinal, Prince bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liege
Maximilian Emanuel Thomas	21 December 1704	18 February 1709	4 years	Died in early childhood.