Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (8 December 1756, Vienna – 26 July 1801) was an Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, a Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, and the last child of the Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa 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 Two Sicilies. He was the last Elector of Cologne and an early patron of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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