Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria
Ferdinand Maria Innocenz Michael Joseph of Bavaria (5 August 1699 in Brussels – 9 December 1738 in Munich) was a Bavarian prince and an Imperial Field marshal.
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Born | Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire | 5 August 1699
Died | 9 December 1738 Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 39)
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House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria |
Mother | Therese Kunigunde Sobieska |
Life
editFerdinand Maria Innocent was a son of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726) from his marriage to Therese Kunigunde Sobieska (1676-1730), a daughter of King John III Sobieski of Poland.
He served as a general in the imperial army. In 1738, he was promoted to Field marshal and imperial Feldzeugmeister.[1]
He died in 1738 and was buried in the Theatine Church in Munich.
Marriage and issue
editFerdinand Maria Innocent married on 5 February 1719 in Zákupy to Maria Anna Carolina, a daughter of Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg. He had the following children:
- Maximilian Francis Joseph (1720–1738)
- Clement Francis de Paula (1722–1770)
- married in 1742 Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Sulzbach (1722–1790)
- Therese Emmanuel (1723–1743)
Ferdinand also had a son from his extra-marital affaire with Countess Marie Adelaide Fortunata Spaur (1694–1781):
- Joseph Ferdinand (1718–1805), general of the regiment "Count of Salern", married:
- in 1753 to Countess Marie Mechthildis of Törring (1734–1764)
- in 1766 to Countess Josepha of La Rosee (d. 1772)
References
edit- Johannes Erichsen and Katharina Heinemann (Hrsg.): Die Schlacht von Höchstädt. Brennpunkt Europas 1704, Jan Thorbecke, Ostfildern, 2004, ISBN 3-7995-0214-9
Footnotes
edit- ^ Kunstwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft in München, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, München and Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in München: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden kunst, Prestel Verlag, 1963, p. 171