Maximilian I Joseph (King of Bavaria)

Family relations: Son of Friedrich Michael (1724–1767), Duke of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (a sideline of the Wittelsbach family) and Maria Franziska Dorothea von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1724–1794) . After the death of his father in 1767 he was raised by his uncle Duke Christian IV. Pfalz-Zweibrücken, as his mother was disowned because of her licentious life-styl. Maximilian was married twice: 1. 30 September 1785 in Darmstadt with princess Auguste Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt (1765–1796) and 2. on 9 March 1797 with princess Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine von Baden (1776–1841)

Maximilian I Joseph (King of Bavaria)

Family relations: Son of Friedrich Michael (1724–1767), Duke of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (a sideline of the Wittelsbach family) and Maria Franziska Dorothea von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1724–1794) . After the death of his father in 1767 he was raised by his uncle Duke Christian IV. Pfalz-Zweibrücken, as his mother was disowned because of her licentious life-styl. Maximilian was married twice: 1. 30 September 1785 in Darmstadt with princess Auguste Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt (1765–1796) and 2. on 9 March 1797 with princess Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine von Baden (1776–1841)