Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria explained

House:Wittelsbach
Father:Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Mother:Therese Kunigunde Sobieska
Issue:
Issue-Link:
  1. Marriage and issue
Birth Place:Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Death Place:Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial Place:Theatine Church, Munich

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.

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 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

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:

married in 1742 Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Sulzbach (1722–1790)

Ferdinand also had a son from his extra-marital affaire with Countess Marie Adelaide Fortunata Spaur (1694–1781):

References

Footnotes

  1. Kunstwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft in München, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, München and Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in München: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden kunst, Prestel Verlag, 1963, p. 171