Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (born 1573)

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

Duke/Elector of Bavaria from 1597 to 1651

Maximilian I, occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.