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468 Years Ago: The Habsburg From NÖ, Who Wanted to Become King of Poland

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He was only one step away from the Polish royal crown. But then everything changed: the history of a Habsburg, whose path began in Wiener Neustadt and ended in a dramatic power struggle. NÖ. Wiener Neustadt is the birthplace of a personality whose way of life went far beyond the borders of Austria. On 12 October 1558 Maximilian III, a son of the later Emperor Maximilian II and his wife Maria of Spain, was born here.
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He was only one step away from the Polish royal crown. But then everything changed: the history of a Habsburg, whose path began in Wiener Neustadt and ended in a dramatic power struggle. NÖ. Wiener Neustadt is the birthplace of a personality whose way of life went far beyond the borders of Austria. On 12 October 1558 Maximilian III, a son of the later Emperor Maximilian II and his wife Maria of Spain, was born here.

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meinbezirk.at broke the news on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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