Klemens August of Bavaria

   

Klemens August of Bavaria (1700-1761) was born in Brussels, a member of the Wittelsbach house.

His uncle Joseph Clemens, elector and archbishop of Cologne saw to it that Klemens August of Bavaria received several appointments in Alt-Oetting, diocese Regensburg and at the Prince-Bishopric Berchtesgaden and he soon received papal confirmation as bishop of Regensburg, later Cologne.

He was Archbishop of Cologne, Prince-Bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, and Osnabrück, and a Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.



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