Ferdinand Maria Innocenz Michael Joseph of Bavaria (5 August 1699 in
Brussels
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– 9 December 1738 in
Munich
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) was a
Bavarian prince and an Imperial
Field marshal
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.
Life
Ferdinand 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
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Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...
of Poland.
He served as a general in the imperial army. In 1738, he was promoted to
Field marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...
and imperial
Feldzeugmeister.
[Kunstwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft in München, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, München and Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in München: ''Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden kunst'', Prestel Verlag, 1963, p. 171]
He died in 1738 and was buried in the
Theatine Church in Munich.
Marriage and issue
Ferdinand 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 (11 April 1720 – 12 December 1738) died aged 18 unmarried with no issue.
*
Clement Francis de Paula (1722–1770)
: married in 1742 Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Sulzbach (1722–1790)
* Therese Emmanuel (22 July 1723 – 27 March 1743) died aged 19 unmarried.
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
* Johannes Erichsen and Katharina Heinemann (Hrsg.): ''Die Schlacht von Höchstädt. Brennpunkt Europas 1704'', Jan Thorbecke, Ostfildern, 2004,
Footnotes
Princes of Bavaria
Generals of the Holy Roman Empire
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
House of Wittelsbach
1699 births
1738 deaths
18th-century German people
Field marshals of Germany
Burials at the Theatine Church, Munich
Sons of prince-electors
Military personnel from Brussels
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