Prince-elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria and of Pfalz
✶27 May 1756 in Mannheim, Pfalz
✟13 October 1825 at the Palace of Nymphenburg, Munich
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 16 November 1799
motto
Pro Deo et Populo (For God and the people)
shield
Painted 1801 by P A Liedström. Additional text 1805 by C G Eckstein. Changed 1810 by the same artist.
Biography
Son of Count palatine Friedrich Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Duke of Zweibrücken 1795. Prince-elector of Bavaria and of Pfalz 1799. King of Bavaria as Maximilian I 1805. Married for the second time in 1797 with Princess Karoline of Baden, sister of Queen Frederika, consort of King Gustaf IV Adolf.
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