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Born July 11, 1662 • Munich
Died February 26, 1726 (aged 63) • Munich
House / Dynasty House of Wittelsbach
Role In War of the Grand Alliance • War of the Spanish Succession

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Maximilian II Emanuel, engraving by Karl Gustav Amling, 1682
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