Ferdinand Maria Innozenz of Bavaria

Prince Ferdinand Maria Innocent of Bavaria

Ferdinand Maria Innozenz Joseph Michael of Bavaria (born August 5, 1699 in Brussels , † December 9, 1738 in Munich ) was a Bavarian prince and imperial field marshal .

Life

Ferdinand Maria Innozenz was a son of Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel of Bavaria (1662–1726) from his marriage to Therese Kunigunde (1676–1730), daughter of the Polish King Johann III. Sobieski . Among other things, he was a brother of Emperor Karl VII and the Archbishop of Cologne, Clemens August von Bayern .

Through his marriage he gained extensive possessions in Bohemia, including Reichstadt . In 1738 Ferdinand Maria Innozenz became Imperial General Field Marshal and Reich General Field witness master in imperial service. His grave is in the Theatine Church .

Marriage and offspring

Ferdinand Maria Innozenz married on February 5, 1719 in Reichstadt Anna Maria (1693–1751), daughter of Count Palatine Philipp Wilhelm August von Neuburg , with whom he had the following children:

Maximilian Joseph Franz (1720–1738)
Klemens Franz de Paula (1722-1770)

⚭ 1742 Countess Palatine Maria Anna von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1722–1790)

Theresia Emanuela (1723–1743)

from the connection with Countess Marie Adelheid Fortunata Spaur (1694–1781), sister of the later Bavarian court bishop Joseph Ferdinand Guidobald von Spaur , Ferdinand Maria had another son born out of wedlock:

Joseph Ferdinand (1718–1805), Count of Salern

⚭ 1. 1753 Countess Marie Mechthildis von Törring (1734–1764)

⚭ 2. 1766 Countess Josepha von La Rosee († 1772)

Pedigree

Pedigree of Ferdinand Maria von Bayern
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria (1548–1626) ⚭ 1568 Renata of Lorraine (1544–1602)	Emperor Ferdinand II. (1578–1637) ⚭ 1600 Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616)	Duke Karl Emanuel I of Savoy (1562–1630) ⚭ 1585 Katharina Michaela of Spain (1567–1597)	King Henry IV of France (1553–1610) ⚭ 1600 Maria de 'Medici (1575–1642)	Marek Sobieski (1548 / 50–1605) ⚭ Jadwiga Snopkowska (1556 / 59–1588 / 89)	Jan Daniłowicz (1570–1628) ⚭ Zofia Żółkiewska (1590–1634)	Antoine de La Grange d'Arquien ⚭ Anne d'Ancienville	Baptiste de La Châtre of Bruillebault ⚭ Gabrielle Lamy
Great grandparents	Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria ⚭ 1635 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)		Duke Viktor Amadeus I of Savoy (1587–1637) ⚭ 1619 Christina of France (1606–1663)		Jakub Sobieski (1590–1646) ⚭ 1627 Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz (1607–1661)		Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien (1613–1707) ⚭ Françoise de la Châtre
Grandparents	Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria (1636–1679) ⚭ 1652 Henriette Adelheid of Savoy (1636–1676)				King John III Sobieski of Poland (1629–1696) ⚭ 1665 Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien (1641–1716)
parents	Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel of Bavaria (1662–1726) ⚭ 1695 Therese Kunigunde of Poland (1676–1730)
Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria

literature

Johannes Erichsen, Katharina Heinemann (ed.): The battle of Höchstädt. Focal point of Europe 1704. = The battle of Blenheim. Jan Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-0214-9 .
Hans Rall: Wittelsbach life pictures from Emperor Ludwig to the present. Guide through the Munich princely tombs with a list of all Wittelsbach burials and tombs, Munich 1979, pp. 98–99.

Individual evidence

^ Art History Society in Munich, State Art Collections, Munich, Central Institute for Art History in Munich: Munich Yearbook of Fine Art. Prestel Verlag, 1963, p. 171

personal data
SURNAME	Ferdinand Maria Innozenz of Bavaria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferdinand Maria Innozenz Joseph Michael of Bavaria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bavarian prince and imperial field marshal
DATE OF BIRTH	August 5, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brussels
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1738
Place of death	Munich

[1] Art History Society in Munich, State Art Collections, Munich, Central Institute for Art History in Munich: Munich Yearbook of Fine Art. Prestel Verlag, 1963, p. 171