Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (in the original German, Maximilian Karl Albrecht, 14 July 1656 – 26 December 1718) was a military officer in the service of the Holy Roman Empire and the first Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
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Early life
Maximilian Karl Albert was the fourth child and the first son of Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1616-1672) and his wife, Landgravine Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1634-1705), daughter of Landgrave Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and Countess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1605–1652). He was followed by ten siblings.
Biography
Maximilian Karl, entered the emperor's service at an early age, was an acting imperial advisor since 1684 and was named privy councilor of the empire in 1699. After Prince Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria was forced into exile in 1704, Maximilian Karl became the imperial administrator of Bavaria and, in his new rank as a prince, assumed the honorable position of a principle commissioner, the permanent representative of the emperor in the imperial diet from 1712 on.
On 3 April 1711 he was elevated to the status of a prince by Emperor Joseph I. He was granted princely rank for all his legitimate descendants by the emperor's brother and successor, Emperor Karl VI, on 8 January 1712.