Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (born 1727)

Maximilian III Joseph

Elector of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777

Maximilian III Joseph, also known by his epithet "the much beloved" was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach and because of his death, the War of Bavarian Succession…