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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 39) Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire | (aged
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House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria |
Mother | Therese Kunigunde Sobieska |
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.
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:
Ferdinand also had a son from his extra-marital affaire with Countess Marie Adelaide Fortunata Spaur (1694–1781):