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In July 1658, more than a year after his father's death, Leopold I was elected Holy Roman Emperor at Frankfurt in spite of the French minister, Cardinal Mazarin.
Mazarin sought to put the Imperial Crown on the head of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria.
Ferdinand Maria lived 1636 to 1679.
In this scenario, Ferdinand Maria is chosen to be Holy Roman Emperor in 1657 and lives numerous years past 1679.
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