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Maximilian I, 14591519, Holy Roman emperor and German king, German History, Biographies
Related Category: German History, Biographies
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Maximilian I 14591519, Holy Roman emperor and German king (14931519), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. As emperor, he aspired to restore forceful imperial leadership and inaugurate much-needed administrative reforms in the increasingly decentralized empire. In both domestic and foreign policy, however, he sacrificed the interests of Germany as a whole to the aggrandizement of the Hapsburg possessions.
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