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.

Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria
Portrait by Joseph Vivien, c. 1724
Born	(1699-08-05)5 August 1699 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 December 1738(1738-12-09) (aged 39) Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Theatine Church, Munich
Spouse	Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg ​ ​ (m. 1719)​
Issue Detail	Duke Maximilian Francis Joseph Clement Francis de Paula Duchess Therese Emmanuel Joseph Ferdinand (ill.)
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Mother	Therese Kunigunde Sobieska

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:

• 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:
  1. in 1753 to Countess Marie Mechthildis of Törring (1734–1764)
  2. 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, ISBN 3-7995-0214-9