Maximilian II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany on 24 November 1562. On 8 September 1563 he was crowned King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian capital Pressburg, and on 25 July 1564 he succeeded his father Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor.
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was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576
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31 July 1527
Biography, birthplace
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
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12 October 1576
Biography, death place
Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire
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Maximilian II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576.
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Infobox: born 31 July 1527; died 1576-10-12
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