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Ferdinand Maria von Bayern

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Ferdinand Maria von Bayern

Birth
Oberschleissheim, Landkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Death
26 May 1679 (aged 42)
Oberschleissheim, Landkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Altstadt, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany Add to Map
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He was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.

He was the eldest son of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573-1651)- whom he succeeded, and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria (1610-1665), daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

He was crowned on October 31, 1654. His absolutistic style of leadership became a benchmark for the rest of Germany. Though Ferdinand Maria allied with France he abstained the imperial crown in 1657 to avoid a conflict with Habsburg.

He married Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676), daughter of Victor Amadeus I of Savoy. With her the Italian Baroque was introduced in Bavaria. The Theatiner Church in Munich was built from 1663 onwards as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel. In 1664, he commissioned the building of Nymphenburg Palace, near Munich.

He died in Schleissheim Palace and was succeeded by his son Maximilian II Emanuel (1662-1726).
He was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.

He was the eldest son of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573-1651)- whom he succeeded, and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria (1610-1665), daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

He was crowned on October 31, 1654. His absolutistic style of leadership became a benchmark for the rest of Germany. Though Ferdinand Maria allied with France he abstained the imperial crown in 1657 to avoid a conflict with Habsburg.

He married Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676), daughter of Victor Amadeus I of Savoy. With her the Italian Baroque was introduced in Bavaria. The Theatiner Church in Munich was built from 1663 onwards as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel. In 1664, he commissioned the building of Nymphenburg Palace, near Munich.

He died in Schleissheim Palace and was succeeded by his son Maximilian II Emanuel (1662-1726).

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