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2 unusual facts about Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria


Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria

The court organist was Christian Gottlob Neefe, who became an early mentor and teacher to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Although Maximilian Francis still retained his territories on the right bank of the Rhine, including Münster and the Duchy of Westphalia, the Elector, plagued by corpulence and ill-health, took up residence in Vienna after the loss of his capital and remained there until his death at age 45 in 1801, at Hetzendorf Palace.



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