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Originally Posted by kalbron

Maximillian is apparantly the first son of the Emperor.

Spoiler for Later on::

This is the "sympathy" stuff that the anime will throw up eventually.

While he may be the first son, his mother is comparatively low born compared with the mother of his other siblings. Thus there is an assassination attempt which kills his mother, most of his closest retainers and almost Max himself. He subsequently loses his position as first prince through other scheming on their behalf.

This is a major motivation of his assault on Gallia as he hopes to use it as a foothold to take back the crown prince position that he views as rightfully his.

Aye. He's like Lelouch in more ways than one.

While I can understand why Max wants Gallia, I don't get the Federation's attempts to stir the pot. They think that they can get a cheap victory at the Empire's expense or what?