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The tomb of Maximilian I, archduke of Austria, German king, and Holy Roman Emperor (1493-1519) at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck, Austria. Chalk lithograph with white highlights. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
On January 12, 1519, Maximilian died at Wels in Upper Austria. He was buried in Georgskirche at Wiener Neustadt. His magnificent tomb at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck was completed later
Maximilian I made his family, the Habsburgs, dominant in 16th-century Europe. He added vast lands to the traditional Austrian holdings, securing the Netherlands by his own marriage, Hungary and Bohemia by treaty and military pressure, and Spain and the Spanish empire by the marriage of his son Philip
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