maximilian

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Definition von maximilian im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name borrowed from Germany, rare in English

It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter..

{i} male first name; (1832-1867), archduke of Austria and emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867; family name; gold coin of Bavaria

orig. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph born July 6, 1832, Vienna, Austria died June 19, 1867, near Querétaro, Mex. Archduke of Austria and emperor of Mexico (1864-67). The younger brother of Francis Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, he served in the Austrian navy and as governor-general of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. He accepted the offer of the Mexican throne, naively believing that the Mexicans had voted him their king. In fact, the offer was a scheme between Mexican conservatives, who wanted to overthrow Pres. Benito Juárez, and Napoleon III, who wanted to collect a debt from Mexico and had imperialist ambitions there. Intending to rule with paternal benevolence, Maximilian upheld Juárez's reforms, to the fury of the conservatives. The end of the American Civil War allowed the U.S. to intervene on Juárez's behalf; French forces that had been supporting Maximilian left at the request of the U.S., and Juárez's army retook Mexico City. Refusing to abdicate, Maximilian was defeated and executed. born March 22, 1459, Wiener Neustadt, Austria died Jan. 12, 1519, Wels German king and Holy Roman emperor (1493-1519). The eldest son of Emperor Frederick III and a member of the Habsburg dynasty, he gained Burgundy's lands in the Netherlands by marriage in 1477 but was later forced to give Burgundy to Louis XI (1482). He retook most of the Habsburg lands in Austria from the Hungarians by 1490, and, after being crowned Holy Roman emperor, he drove the Turks from the empire's southeastern borders. He fought a series of wars against the French, helping to force them out of Italy in 1496 but losing Milan to them in 1515. He lost Switzerland as well but acquired the Tirol peacefully. He acquired Spain for the Habsburgs through his children's marriages, gained influence in Hungary and Bohemia, and built an intricate network of European alliances. A popular monarch, he encouraged culture and the arts. 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. orig. Maximilian Joseph born May 27, 1756, Mannheim, Palatinate died Oct. 13, 1825, Munich First king of Bavaria (1806-25). A member of the house of Wittelsbach, in 1799 he inherited its territories as Maximilian IV Joseph, elector of Bavaria. Forced by Austria to enter the war against France, he signed a separate peace in 1801. Distrustful of Austria, he supported the French war effort (1805-09) through Bavaria's membership in the Confederation of the Rhine. He received territories by which he crowned himself king of Bavaria (1806). After 1813 he allied with Austria to guarantee the integrity of his kingdom and gave up sections of western Austria in return for territories on the western bank of the Rhine. Aided by his chief minister, count von Montgelas (1759-1838), Maximilian made Bavaria into an efficient, liberal state under a new constitution (1808) and charter (1818) that established a bicameral parliament. born Nov. 28, 1811, Munich died March 10, 1864, Munich King of Bavaria (1848-64). Son of King Louis I, he succeeded to the throne on his father's abdication in 1848. He proposed a league of smaller states as a "third force" in German affairs but was opposed by the dominant states of Austria and Prussia. He successfully introduced liberal reforms in Bavaria, including freedom of the press and ministerial responsibility. He made Munich a centre of culture and gave support to such scholars as Leopold von Ranke. He was succeeded by his son Louis II. born July 31, 1527, Vienna, Austria died Oct. 12, 1576, Regensburg Holy Roman emperor (1564-76). Son of the future emperor Ferdinand I, he was a humanist Christian who favoured compromise between Catholics and Protestants. He became king of Bohemia in 1562 and succeeded to the imperial throne in 1564. He extended religious tolerance and worked for reform of the Roman Catholic church. He failed to achieve his political goals; an unsuccessful campaign against the Turks ended in a truce in 1568 that compelled him to continue to pay tribute to the sultan. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Beerbohm Sir Henry Maximilian Maximilian I Maximilian Joseph Maximilian II Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Steiner Maximilian Raoul Walter

borrowed from Germany, rare in English

6d

A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s

sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter

Relevante Übersetzungen

Maximilian I

King of Germany (1486-1519) and Holy Roman emperor (1493-1519) who through arranged marriages added greatly to the territory and power of the Hapsburgs

Maximilian II

Holy Roman emperor (1564-1576) who was tolerant of Lutheranism and supported Catholic reform

Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner

born May 10, 1888, Vienna, Austria died Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood, Calif., U.S. Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and worked in New York City as a theatre conductor and arranger, and then he moved to Hollywood in 1929. He became one of the first and finest (if not subtlest) movie composers, establishing many techniques that became standard, with his scores for King Kong (1933), The Informer (1935, Academy Award), Gone with the Wind (1939), Now, Voyager (1942, Academy Award), Since You Went Away (1944, Academy Award), The Big Sleep (1946), The Fountainhead (1949), and many others

Maximilian sunflower

A sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) of eastern and central North America having folded leaves at the mid-stem, used regularly in prairie restoration projects in North America

maximilian's sunflower

tall perennial of central United States to Canada having golden-yellow flowers

Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger

born March 19, 1873, Brand, Bavaria, Ger. died May 11, 1916, Leipzig German composer and organist. From 1890 to 1893 he studied at Sondershausen and Wiesbaden and taught piano, organ, and theory. By 1901, despite opposition to his traditional methods, he had established himself in Munich as a composer, pianist, and teacher. He became a prolific composer of songs, piano pieces, and especially organ music. His music, combining progressive and conservative elements and often highly chromatic, has always been more popular in Germany than elsewhere

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm

born Aug. 24, 1872, London, Eng. died May 20, 1956, Rapallo, Italy English caricaturist, writer, and dandy. His sophisticated drawings and parodies were unique in capturing, usually without malice, whatever was pretentious, affected, or absurd in his famous and fashionable contemporaries. His first literary collection, The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896), and his first book of drawings, Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen (1896), were followed by the charming fable The Happy Hypocrite (1897) and his only novel, Zuleika Dobson (1911), a burlesque of Oxford life. His story collection Seven Men (1919) is considered a masterpiece

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt

{i} (1832-1920) German psychologist and physiologist and founder of the first psychology laboratory (he is known as the father of experimental psychology)

Silbentrennung

Max·i·mil·ian

Türkische aussprache

mäksîmîliın

Aussprache

/ˌmaksəˈməlēən/ /ˌmæksɪˈmɪliːən/

Etymologie

() Saint's name from Latin Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus "the greatest". It was used in German royal houses after Friedrich III chose it for his son in 1459, explaining it as a combination of the names of two Roman generals, Maximus and Aemilianus.