[Born 1756. Died 1825. Aged 69.]
From 1799, Elector, and from 1806, King of Bavaria. The year that he saw
his Duchy raised to the dignity of a kingdom, Maximilian, who for some
years was the faithful ally of Napoleon, gave his daughter in marriage
to Eugène Beauharnois. In 1813, the Bavarian king, acting in the true
interests of his country and of humanity, joined the allies against
France, and helped with them to rescue Germany from the fangs of the
French invader. In public as well as private life, Maximilian was
courteous, benevolent, simple-minded, and true-hearted.
[By Stiglmayer. In marble. It is in the Palace at Munich. Stiglmayer
was for a long time at the head of the Royal Foundry for bronze
casting.]