Maximilian II

noun

1. 1527–76, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1564–76.

Example Sentences

The farm officially started in 1579, when Emperor Rudolf II of the House of Habsburg gave an imperial status to an original stud established by his father, Emperor Maximilian II. The famed regular visitors to the site, which also has a small chateau and a church, included Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria.

From Washington Times

“Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague” is billed as the first major exhibition devoted to Spranger, who not only served Rudolf from the early 1580s until the painter’s death in 1611, but also Rudolf’s father, the emperor Maximilian II; Pope Pius V; and one of the greatest arts patrons of any age, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.

From Washington Post

In 1570, he went to work for Pope Pius V. Three years after the pope’s death, in 1572, Spranger went to Vienna to serve the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian II, who died in 1576.

From New York Times

His great-grandson Lothar Faber was given noble status in 1861 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria after building the company into the world’s dominant pencil maker.

From New York Times

Local politicians in German cities including Munich, Mainz and Hamburg have all sought to make women more visible through street names, overwhelmingly honoring great male figures from German history, such as rulers like Maximilian II of Bavaria and Kaiser Friedrich of Prussia; the father of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg; and religious figures like Martin Luther.

From New York Times