Grand Prince Maximilian of Stradia
Maximilian | |
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Grand Prince of Stradia, Prince of Wesserbruck, Viceroy of Gacilia and Matovia | |
Tenure | 1819 – 1847 |
Predecessor | Joseph V |
Successor | Maria Anastasia |
Tenure | 1839 – 1847 |
Successor | Maria Anastasia |
Prime minister | Kostyantyn Valentynovych Yanchuk |
Born | Schönfeld palace ,Walsten, Stradian empire | 30 June 1819
Died | 23 September 1847 | (aged 28)
Wife | Anastasia Vladislavovna |
Issue | |
house | Brazza |
Father | Joseph V |
Grand Prince Maximilian of Stradia was the only child of Holy Emperor Joseph V and thus his heir.
Early Life
Viceroy of Gacilia and Matovia
He moved into the old Kakralinnian Castle, he forced the prime minster to move into the palace with him.
He dissolved the parliament from 1841 until 1846, his wife eventually convinced him to reopen it with the parliamentarian edition to the constitution that the Viceroy could be given dictatorial powers when parliament should see fit, which were given to Maximilian shortly after reopening.
He opened the Imperial Maximilian University
He made school compulsory for girls too.
Marriage and family
Political Ideology
Maximilian believed in the principle of enlightened monarchism, he would do everything for the people. He had ambitions to recall the Carolinian constitution and re-establish Stradia as an absolute monarchy. He modeld himself after Holy Empress Antonia the Great.