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Maximilian I, (born April 17, 1573, Munich—died Sept. 27, 1651, Ingolstadt, Bavaria), Duke of Bavaria (1597–1651) and elector from 1623. Succeeding his father as duke, he restored the duchy to solvency, revised the law code, and built an effective army. Opposed to the Protestant cause, he established the Catholic League (1610). In the Thirty Years’ War he gave military aid to Austria against the Palatine elector Frederick V and, with military victories by count von Tilly, obtained both territory and the electorship of Bavaria (1623). Threatened by an independent army under Albrecht W.E. von Wallenstein, he forced the general’s dismissal in 1630. Maximilian later fought unsuccessfully against France and Sweden and made a separate peace to retain the electorship.

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Bavaria, largest Land (state) of Germany, comprising the entire southeastern portion of the country. Bavaria is bounded to the north by the states of Thuringia and Saxony, to the east by the Czech Republic, to the south and southeast by Austria, and to the west by the states of Baden-Württemberg

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