Maximiliana Maria of Bavaria

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Princess Maria Maximiliana of Bavaria

Maria Maximiliana of Bavaria (born July 4, 1552 in Munich ; † July 11, 1614 there ) was a princess of Bavaria .

Life

Maria Maximiliana was the youngest daughter of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528–1579) from his marriage to Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528–1590), second daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I. The focus of the princess's education was on the musical field; Her teachers included the organist Hans Schachinger the Younger . Maria Maximiliana was particularly closely connected to the family of court orchestra leader Orlando di Lasso .

Maria Maximiliana remained unmarried and lived at the court of her brother Wilhelm V , who provided her with 6,000 guilders a year, in Munich. Throughout her life she had very close contact with her sister Maria Anna , who lived in Graz as the wife of Archduke Karl . The sisters also initiated the marriage of their niece Maria Anna to the future Emperor Ferdinand II. Plans to move in completely with her sister initially prevented Maria Maximiliana's brother, but granted her the wish in 1595 and provided her with funds that had not yet been Bavarian Princess had received before that. She lived at her sister's court for three years and developed a particularly warm relationship with her nephew Ferdinand. Maria Maximiliana finally returned to Munich in 1598. Her brother is said to have noticed that a permanent cohabitation with Maria Maximiliana was impossible due to her peculiarities.

Maria Maximiliana employed the painter and etcher Johann Weiner as her court painter . Every Sunday she donated a musical litany to the Capuchin monastery in Altötting . Orlando di Lasso's son Wilhelm di Lasso donated an epitaph to Maximiliana in St. Peter's Church . Maria Maximiliana is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich .

literature

  • Friedrich Emanuel von Hurter: Picture of a Christian Princess Maria Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria , Hurter, 1860, p. 37 ff.
  • Dieter Albrecht: Maximilian I of Bavaria 1573-1651 , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1998, pp. 143, 153

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linda Maria Koldau : Frauen-Musik-Kultur: a handbook on the German language area of ​​the early modern period , Böhlau, 2005, p. 70
  2. ^ New general artist lexicon: or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, etc. , Volume 21, EA Fleischmann, 1851, p. 32
  3. ↑ Simon Buchfelner: The history of the veneration of the most gracious virgin and God's mother Mary at Altenötting: from her origin to the latest events , Seidl, 1826, p. 43
  4. ^ Hubert Glaser: Contributions to Bavarian History and Art, 1573-1657 , Hirmer, 1980, p. 86
  5. ↑ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/wittelsbach/bavariakurfursten2.htm


personal data
SURNAME Maria Maximiliana of Bavaria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maximiliana Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1552
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1614
Place of death Munich