‘The Last Knight’ showcases over 180 objects from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, an early master of political propaganda—and whose armor fashionably showed his ruthlessness.

Emperor Maximilian I was the first and last ruler of the Second Mexican Empire—but his history is so much more sordid than even his doomed title implies. Beginning life as a coddled Austrian ...

The saga of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, has all the elements of grand opera: international intrigue, ill-starred romance, abject betrayal and a well-meaning hero with the tragic flaws of ...

In 1519, at age 59, the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I died. Years earlier, he had been called “a wise, prudent, God-fearing prince, a just ruler” by his Florentine contemporary, the shrewd ...

Maximilian, Character and Acquirements of. Maximilian, the New Emperor of Mexico-- His Personal Character and Confidence in His Destiny.

Emperor Maximilian I, Italian (Milan), 1502. Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (ca.1455–after 1508). Oil on oak or walnut panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Gemäldegalerie; photo courtesy KHM ...

His brother Maximilian I of Mexico was executed in 1867. Franz's younger brother, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria, took over the Mexican crown in 1863, per Britannica .

The Triumph of Emperor Maximilian I consists of three monumental graphic cycles commissioned by Maximilian I. Dürer, along with Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Springinklee, Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäfelein, ...

The tomb of Austrian Emperor Maximilian I is seen in 2017 inside St. George's Cathedral, a basilica located within the national military academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. A new tomb has since ...

Maximilian’s feelings for Carlota did not, at first, seem to match hers for him. “She is very clever, which is a bit worrying, but no doubt I will get over that,” he wrote to Franz Josef ...