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Maximilian I

Habsburg ruler whose marriage to Mary of Burgundy brought a major Burgundian inheritance into his family’s political network. His descendants connected that inheritance with the Iberian crowns and the wider monarchy of Charles V.

1459 – 1519Holy Roman EmperorHabsburgo · ES

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Retrato contemporáneoPortrait of Maximilian IAlbrecht Dürer · 1519Kunsthistorisches Museum, VienaDominio público · PDM 1.0 · Source

This profile is translated. Names of dynasties and territories, picture credits and original documentary records retain their source language. Links marked ES open the Spanish edition.

Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1459 Pending review

Death: 1519 Pending review

Role: Holy Roman Emperor

Dynasty: Habsburgo · ES

Territories: Sacro Imperio (ES) · Austria (ES) · Borgoña (ES) · Alemania (ES) · Austria Interior (ES) · Tirol (ES)

Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents

Federico III · ESPending reviewLeonor de Portugal · ESPending review

Partners

Mary of BurgundyPending reviewBlanca María Sforza · ESPending review

Children

Felipe I de Castilla · ESMargarita de Austria · ES

Governments and documentary notes · Spanish original

Gobiernos y reinados registrados

Duque · Borgoña · Ducado 1482–1493titular

Archiduque · Austria · Archiducado 1493–1519efectivo

Rey de Romanos · Alemania · Reinado 1486–1493corregente

Rey de Romanos · Alemania · Reinado 1494–1519efectivo

Emperador · Sacro Imperio · Imperio 1508–1519efectivo

Archiduque · Austria Interior · Archiducado 1493–1519efectivo

Conde · Tirol · Condado 1490–1519efectivo

Coronas y uniones

Sus títulos en el tiempo

Sigue cómo cambiaron los territorios y las funciones de Maximilian I. Cada título conserva su condición propia.

Etapa

Gobiernos en 1508

Austria3 títulos y mandatos
Ver títulos y ámbitos
- AustriaArchiduque · efectivo1493–1519
- Austria InteriorArchiduque · efectivo1493–1519
- TirolConde · efectivo1490–1519 · Recibió Tirol de Segismundo en 1490.
El tono común reúne las tierras austríacas y provincias administradas directamente que esta persona gobernó a la vez. Sus títulos e identidades territoriales se conservan; Bohemia y Hungría requieren sus propias agrupaciones documentadas. Fuente de la agrupación
Sacro Imperio (Alemania)2 títulos y mandatos
Ver títulos y ámbitos
- AlemaniaRey de Romanos · efectivo1494–1519
- Sacro ImperioEmperador · efectivo1508–1519

Fechas anuales: coincidir en un año no demuestra que dos mandatos se ejercieran el mismo día. Las regencias y corregencias conservan su etiqueta.

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Evidence for this profile

13 recorded claims · 11 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (0/2 with a precise source)

BirthPending review
1459
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
DeathPending review
1519
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Family and relationships (0/4 with a precise source)

FatherPending review
Federico III
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
MotherPending review
Leonor de Portugal
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
Marriage or partnershipPending review
María de Borgoña
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
Marriage or partnershipPending review
Blanca María Sforza
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Governments (2/7 with a precise source)

GovernmentPending review
Duque · Borgoña · 1482–1493
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Archiduque · Austria · 1493–1519
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Rey de Romanos · Alemania · 1486–1493
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Rey de Romanos · Alemania · 1494–1519
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Emperador · Sacro Imperio · 1508–1519
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentDocumented
Archiduque · Austria Interior · 1493–1519
El intervalo sigue su sucesión en las tierras hereditarias austríacas.
Die Welt der Habsburger · The last knight: Maximilian I · Herencia de Tirol y dominios suabos de Segismundo
Reviewed on 2026-10-03 by El Árbol de Europa ·
GovernmentDocumented
Conde · Tirol · 1490–1519
Die Welt der Habsburger · The last knight: Maximilian I · Herencia de Tirol y dominios suabos de Segismundo
Reviewed on 2026-10-03 by El Árbol de Europa ·

Editorial history

2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-09-30 · Dates and parentage in the Isabella I–Joanna I–Charles V corridor were reviewed with passage-level references. Other claims remain pending.