Maximilian's father is Bavarian Elector Houkal Albrecht, and his mother is the Holy Roman EmperorFranz Joseph I 's daughterMaria Amalia。The younger brother of Joseph I in 1740charles vi Death,War of the Austrian Succession In 1742, Maximilian's father was elected Holy Roman Emperor (i.eCharles VII ）。The daughter of Maximilian and Charles VI after the death of Charles VIIMaria TraciaAn agreement was reached by the latter's husbandFranz IServe as emperor.
Maximilian is considered an enlightened and autocratic ruler.He encouraged the development of domestic agriculture, industry and mining, and many factories and research institutions were established during his tenure.During the famine in 1770, Maximilian sold some royal luxuries to buy food imported from abroad.
In 1777, Maximilian died of smallpox.As there were no descendants left, the younger line of the Wittelsbach dynasty (the Bavarian line, descendants of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV) died.Originally, it should have been inherited by Hukar Teodore, who was elected by Pufalz from the long line of Wittelsbach (the Pufalz line, the descendant of Rudolph I, Louis IV's brother), but Karl Teodore has no interest in Bavaria and intends to give Bavaria to Austria in exchange for Austrian Netherlands.Prussia feared that Austria's power would further expand and allied with Saxony to fight against Austria,War of the Bavarian Succession Burst.
