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Maximilian Ernest of Austria (17 November 1583 – 18 February 1616), was a German prince member of the House of Habsburg and by birth Archduke of Austria. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Austria, in turn son of Emperor Ferdinand I, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. His elder brother Archduke Ferdinand, succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619. ==Life== Born in Graz, little is known about his first years of life. His first notorious presence was in 1592, when Maximilian Ernest and his mother accompanied his older sister Anna to marry King Sigismund III of Poland.〔Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Historical Commission: ''Archiv für österreichische Geschichte'', vol. XV, 1856, p. 116.〕 Together with his brother Ferdinand and his cousins Maximilian III and Matthias, Maximilian Ernest signed a document dated 25 April 1606 in Vienna, under which his cousin, Emperor Rudolf II, was declared incapable of governing because of his mental illness and Matthias could assumed the Headship of the Habsburg territories as regent.〔Johann Sporschil, ''Geschichte des Entstehens, des Wachsthums und der Grösse der österreichischen Monarchie'', vol. IV, F. Volckmar, 1844, p. 236.〕〔Anton Schindling, Walter Ziegler, ''Die Kaiser der Neuzeit: 1519-1918'', C. H. Beck, 1990, p. 118.〕 His cousin Maximilian III, called the German Grand Master (''der Deutschmeister''), allowed Maximiliam Ernest to join the Teutonic Knights in 1615,〔Imperial Academy of Sciences, ''Archiv für Österreichische Geschichte'', vols. 33-34, 1865, p. 236.〕 and one year later, in 1616,〔Friedrich Emanuel von Hurter, ''Geschichte kaiser Ferdinands II und seiner eltern bis zu dessen krönung in Frankfurt'', Hurter Bookstore, 1850, p. 230.〕 he appointed him Landkomtur of the Bailiwick of Austria.〔Johann Samuel Ersch, ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste'', F. A. Brockhaus, 1830, S. 244. (On-line )〕 Already named Coadjutor of the Teutonic Order was determined that Maximilian Ernest would succeeded his cousin in the office of Grand Master, but he died unexpectedly aged thirty-two, unmarried and childless (however he left an illegitimate son, Don Carlos d'Austria, who died in 1638). He was buried in the Seckau Abbey.〔(Burials of the Habsburg family in Seckau )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archduke Maximilian Ernest of Austria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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