Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria
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Maximilian Franz (1756-1801) was the 16th and the last child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. His siblings included two Holy Roman Emperors (Joseph II and Leopold II), as well as Queen Marie Antoinette of France and Queen Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily.
In 1780 he succeeded his uncle Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine as Hochmeister (Grand Master) of the Teutonic Knights.
In 1784 he became Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and remained in that office until his death, meaning that he participated as Elector in the election of his brother Leopold II in 1790.
He was alleged to be a Grand Master of the Priory of Sion (q.v.).
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