Maximilian II
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In 1570, he went to work for Pope Pius V. Three years after the pope’s death, in 1572, Spranger went to Vienna to serve the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian II, who died in 1576.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2014
His son Alphonso II. married Barbara, sister of the emperor Maximilian II.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Ferdinand I. died in 1564, and was immediately succeeded by his eldest son, Maximilian II.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
Hohenlohe was succeeded by Count Bray, a man devoted to feudalism and the Church, who had been minister under Ludwig I. and Maximilian II.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various
Death of Ferdinand I; Maximilian II succeeds in the German empire, the archduchy of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John
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