Maximilian II

...However, in the New Bavaria regions, which had a strong sense of empire (Reich) and a large number of Protestants, including Franconia, where the imperial bishops, imperial cities, and imperial knights had been based since the Middle Ages, anti-Bavarian regional consciousness also developed during this period. As a result of the 1848 revolution (March Revolution or 1848 Revolution) that forced Louis I to abdicate, Maximilian II (reigned 1848-64) reformed the electoral law, abolished feudal jurisdiction and the Hofmark, and abolished feudal duties on peasants for a fee. The issue of German unification, which emerged as a major issue during the 1848 revolution, tried to unite the small and medium-sized states of the German Confederation to join the powerful nations of Prussia and Austria, but in the Austro-Prussian War, he sided with Austria under Louis II and was defeated.

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…しかし中世以来帝国司教，帝国都市，帝国騎士が割拠して来たフランケンをはじめ，もともと〈帝国(ライヒ)〉意識が強く，またプロテスタントの数も多かった新バイエルン諸地方では，この時期，反バイエルン王国の地方意識の醸成も進んだ。　ルートウィヒ1世を退位に追い込んだ1848年の革命(三月革命または48年革命)の結果，マクシミリアン2世Maximilian II(在位1848‐64)のもとで，選挙法の改革，領主裁判権とホーフマルクの廃止，農民の封建的諸負担の有償廃止が行われた。48年革命の中で大きく浮かび上がったドイツ統一問題では，バイエルンは，ドイツ連邦内の中小諸邦を結集して強国プロイセン，オーストリアと伍そうとし，普墺戦争ではルートウィヒ2世のもとでオーストリアにくみして敗れた。…

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