{"slug": "maximilian-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150862", "qid": "Q150862", "description": "King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1527, 1576], "span_label": ["1527 CE", "1576 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "regensburg", "label": "Regensburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rudolf-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ferdinand-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "madrid", "label": "Madrid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-spain", "label": "Philip II of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-bohemia", "label": "Kingdom of Bohemia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-the-romans", "label": "King of the Romans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-hungary", "label": "King of Hungary", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1527, "year_label": "1527 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366980186#Births", "title": "1527", "revid": 1366980186, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Archduke Maximilian of Austria, is married to his first cousin, Maria of Spain, at the arrangement of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria's father and Maximilian's uncle. Charles, who also serves as King of Spain, makes the arrangement in order to have the couple serve as his regents while he travels to Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#July–September", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1551, "year_label": "1551 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – The regency over the Kingdom of Spain by Archduchess Maria and her husband, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, ends after almost three years when Maria's brother Crown Prince Philip returns to Madrid. Philip resumes his role as regent for King Charles I, the father of both Maria and Philip; Maria and Maximilian had served during the absence of both the King and the Crown Prince starting on October 1, 1548.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783865#July–September", "title": "1551", "revid": 1352783865, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000458#October–December", "title": "1562", "revid": 1362000458, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Maximilian, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds Ferdinand as ruler of the Kingdom of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000458#July–September", "title": "1562", "revid": 1362000458, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Maximilian II becomes the new Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of his father, Ferdinand I. Ferdinand's son Charles succeeds his father as the new Archduke of Austria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#July–September", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor imposes a Reichsexekution upon John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony. Augustus, Elector of Saxony is directed to carry out the order to begin the siege of the city of Gotha and John Frederick's home at the Grimmenstein Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365562466#April–June", "title": "1566", "revid": 1365562466, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1570, "year_label": "1570 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – The Treaty of Speyer is signed between John Sigismund Zápolya, Prince of Transylvania and Maximilian II, King of Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362475955#July–September", "title": "1570", "revid": 1362475955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Maximilian II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and most of Central Europe since 1564, dies suddenly in Regensburg while preparing for an Imperial invasion of Poland. Maximilian's 24-year-old son Rudolf, King of the Romans as well as the King of Hungary and of Bohemia, proceeds to Vienna to assume the Imperial Throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#October–December", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#Deaths", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Deaths"}}]}