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Clemens August of Bavaria.
'Clemens August of Bavaria' (
17 August 1700–
6 February 1761), was a member of the
Wittelsbach dynasty of
Bavaria and
Archbishop-
Elector of
Cologne.
Biography
Clemens August was born in
Brussels, the son of Elector
Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria and
Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska and the grandson of King
Jan III Sobieski of
Poland. His family was split during the
War of the Spanish Succession and was for many years under house arrest in
Austria; only in 1715 did the family become re-united.
His uncle
Joseph Clemens,
Elector and
Archbishop of Cologne, saw to it that Clemens August received several appointments in
Altötting, the
Diocese of Regensburg, and at the
Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden, and he soon received
papal confirmation as Bishop of Regensburg, and later of
Cologne.
As Archbishop of Cologne, he was one of the Electors, a Prince-Bishop of
Münster,
Hildesheim, and
Osnabrück, and a
Grand Master of the
Teutonic Order.
Clemens August, who mostly sided with the
Austrian
Habsburg-Lorraine side during the
War of the Austrian Succession, personally crowned his brother
Charles VII emperor at
Frankfurt in 1742. After Charles's death in 1745, Clemens August then again leaned toward Austria.
He died in
Festung Ehrenbreitstein in 1761.
Cultural legacy
Clemenswerth Palace near
Sögel built as a hunting lodge for Clemens August
Clemens August patronised the arts; among others he ordered to build the
palaces of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in
Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, listed on the
UNESCO cultural world heritage list, and the church of
St Michael in Berg am Laim in
Munich.
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