Maximilian II Emanuel

**Maximilian II Emanuel** (11 July 1662 — 26 February 1726), also known as **Max Emanuel** or **Maximilian Emanuel**, was the Elector of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726. He was the father of Charles Albert of Wittelsbach who later became the Holy Roman Emperor in the early 1740s and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria who was King of Spain Charles II's heir to the throne (Treaty of The Hague (1698)) (as he was getting ill) as he was the grandnephew the King. But he died before he could be the King. He was the son of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. He married Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, a son of the King John III Sobieski of Poland.

During the Habsburg Spanish Inheritance wars Max Emanuel's family became separated and the sons were held prisoners for several years in Austria. There
his son Clemens August was brought up by Jesuits. Only in 1715 was the family re-united. The uncle Joseph Clemens, elector and archbishop of Cologne saw to it, that Clemens August received several appointments in Alt-Oetting, dioce Regensburg and at the Prince-Bishopric Berchtesgaden.
He soon received pal conformation as bishop of Regensburg, later Cologne.

## Issue

|Name|Birth|Death|Age|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=5|**First marriage with Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor**:||||
|Leopold Ferdinand|22 May 1689|25 May 1689|3 days|Died in infancy.|
|Anton|colspan=2 style="text-align: center"|19 November 1690|0 days|Died at birth.|
|Joseph Ferdinand|28 October 1692|6 February 1699|6 years|see note 1 ([a])|
|Stillborn child|colspan=2 style="text-align: center"|1695||None|
|Maria Anna Karoline|4 August 1696|9 October 1750|54 years|Since 1720 a nun, died unmarried and without issue.|
|Charles Albert (of Wittelsbach)|6 August 1697|20 January 1745|47 years|Elector of Bavaria, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor,  marriage (∞) 1722 Maria Amalia Josepha Anna of Austria (1701–1756)|
|Philipp Moritz Maria|5 August 1698|12 March 1719|20 years|Elected bishop of Paderborn and Münster, died unmarried and without issue.|
|Ferdinand Maria|5 August 1699|9 December 1738|39 years|Imperial general|
|Clemens August|17 August 1700|6 February 1761|60 years|Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Prince Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Regensburg, Paderborn, Osnabrück, Hildesheim and Münster.|
|Wilhelm|12 July 1701|12 February 1704|2 years|Died in early childhood.|
|Alois Johann Adolf|21 June 1702|18 June 1705|2 years|Died in early childhood.|
|Johann Theodor|3 September 1703|27 January 1763|59 years|Cardinal, Prince bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liege|
|Maximilian Emanuel Thomas|21 December 1704|18 February 1709|4 years|Died in early childhood.|

## Infobox (officeholder/office)

- **termstart**: 1691
- **termend**: 7 March 1714
- **predecessor**: Francisco Antonio de Agurto, 1st Marquess of Gastañaga, Francisco Antonio de Agurto
- **successor**: Prince Eugene of Savoy _as governor of the Austrian Netherlands_


## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Maximilian II Emanuel,
- **title**: **Elector of Bavaria**
- **image**:
- **caption**: Portrait by Joseph Vivien
- **succession**: List of rulers of Bavaria, Elector of Bavaria
- **reign**: 26 May 1679 — 26 February 1726
- **predecessor**: Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Ferdinand Maria
- **successor**: Charles Albert
- **succession1**: 29th List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
- **spouses**:

- **birth date**: 11 July 1662
- **birth place**: Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
- **death date**: 26 February 1726 (aged 63)
- **death place**: Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
- **burial place**: Theatine Church, Munich, Theatine Church
- **issue**: With **Maria Antonia**:
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Joseph Ferdinand
With **Theresa**:
Charles VII, Charles VII (Albert of Wittelsbach), Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria, Ferdinand Maria Innocenz
Clemens August of Bavaria, Clemens August
Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Johann Theodor
- **house**: House of Wittelsbach, Wittelsbach
- **father**: Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
- **mother**: Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
- **signature**: