Archduke Maximilian Ernest of Austria

Maximilian Ernest of Austria (* November 17, 1583 in Graz, † February 18, 1616 in Graz) from the House of Habsburg was an Archduke of Austria.

Life

Maximilian Ernst was a son of the Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria Habsburg (1540-1590) from his marriage to Maria Anna (1551-1608), daughter of the Bavarian Duke Albrecht V. He was a brother of the later to become Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. , and the Spanish Queen Margaret. Accompanied by his mother, he had his sister Anna in 1592 led to her marriage to Poland.

Together with his brother Ferdinand, the Regent in Inner Austria, and his cousins ​​Maximilian, Regent of Lower Austria and Matthias, Regent in Upper Austria ( Tyrol and the Swabian territories ) he declared in a document dated April 25, 1606 in Vienna, his cousin, the Emperor Rudolf II. , due to a mental illness unfit to govern, and Matthias to the main house of Austria.

His relative Maximilian, the German champion, took the Prince in 1615 to the Teutonic Order. where he was in 1616 Landkomtur the Bailiwick of Austria. Determined as coadjutor of the Order already the successor in office of Grand Master Maximilian Ernst died 33 years old. He was buried in the Basilica Abbey Seckau.