- CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Uncirculated
- COMPOSITION : Silver
- COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : Germany
- BRAND : MEDAL
- TYPE : Medal
- GRADE : MS63
GERMANY BAVARIA
ND SILVER MEDAL
King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Royal Monogram of King Maximilian I Joseph
GRADED PCGS MS63
TOP GRADED BY PCGS
WITT-2545
Birth: May 27, 1756
Death: Oct. 13, 1825
German Royalty. First king of Bavaria, as Maximilian IV. Joseph Elector of
Bavaria. He was born in Mannheim as the youngest son of Count Palatine Friedrich
Michael von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. He became a member of the french army and
soon rose to the rank of major-general. In 1789 he joined the Austrian army and
fought against the french revolutionary army. He succeeded his brother Karl II.
as duke of Zweibrücken in 1795. In September 1785 he married Auguste Wilhelmine
Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt. In the eleven years of their marriage she gave birth
to five children, and died in 1796. One year later he married the twenty years
younger Caroline Friederike of Baden. The elector Karl IV. Theodore of Bavaria
died childless in 1799 and he succeeded him as he was the next relative. He
sympathized with France and allied with Napoleon. He even married his oldest
daughter, from his first marriage, to Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleons stepson.
He was one of the emperors most faithful allies and as a reward the duchy of
Bavaria was raised to a kingdom. Maximilian assumed the title of a king on
January 1st 1806. In the same year Bavaria joined the Confederation of the
Rhine. In October 1813, ten days before the Battle of Leipzig he joined the
allied armies but not without the concession that his kingdom would further
exist after Napoleon's fall. After the Congress of Vienna he lost some of his
territory. In 1818 he signed a liberal constitution. He was very popular, his
subjects affectionately called him "King Max". (bio by: Lutetia)
GERMANY BAVARIA
ND SILVER MEDAL
King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Royal Monogram of King Maximilian I Joseph
GRADED PCGS MS63
TOP GRADED BY PCGS
WITT-2545
Birth: May 27, 1756
Death: Oct. 13, 1825
German Royalty. First king of Bavaria, as Maximilian IV. Joseph Elector of
Bavaria. He was born in Mannheim as the youngest son of Count Palatine Friedrich
Michael von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. He became a member of the french army and
soon rose to the rank of major-general. In 1789 he joined the Austrian army and
fought against the french revolutionary army. He succeeded his brother Karl II.
as duke of Zweibrücken in 1795. In September 1785 he married Auguste Wilhelmine
Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt. In the eleven years of their marriage she gave birth
to five children, and died in 1796. One year later he married the twenty years
younger Caroline Friederike of Baden. The elector Karl IV. Theodore of Bavaria
died childless in 1799 and he succeeded him as he was the next relative. He
sympathized with France and allied with Napoleon. He even married his oldest
daughter, from his first marriage, to Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleons stepson.
He was one of the emperors most faithful allies and as a reward the duchy of
Bavaria was raised to a kingdom. Maximilian assumed the title of a king on
January 1st 1806. In the same year Bavaria joined the Confederation of the
Rhine. In October 1813, ten days before the Battle of Leipzig he joined the
allied armies but not without the concession that his kingdom would further
exist after Napoleon's fall. After the Congress of Vienna he lost some of his
territory. In 1818 he signed a liberal constitution. He was very popular, his
subjects affectionately called him "King Max". (bio by: Lutetia)
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