Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

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Joseph Clemens of Bavaria was a Bavarian prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who became Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and a significant political and ecclesiastical figure in late 17th- and early 18th-century Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bavarian prince
Elector of Cologne
Roman Catholic archbishop
human
member of the House of Wittelsbach
allyOf Louis XIV of France
appointed Archbishop of Cologne in 1688
burialPlace Cologne Cathedral
consecratedAsBishop 1688
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Bavaria
dateOfBirth 1671-12-05
dateOfDeath 1723-11-12
educatedAt Jesuit institutions
endTime 1694 (as Prince-Bishop of Regensburg)
1723 (as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
1723 (as Bishop of Liège)
familyName House of Wittelsbach
surface form: Wittelsbach
father Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
givenName Clemens
Joseph
heldTitle Arch-chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Archchancellor of Italy (as Elector of Cologne)

Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire
house House of Wittelsbach
surface form: Wittelsbach
mother Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
nobleFamily House of Wittelsbach
notableFor French-aligned policy within the Holy Roman Empire
political and ecclesiastical influence in late 17th- and early 18th-century Germany
role in the Cologne electoral politics
opposedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
participatedIn War of the Spanish Succession
placeOfBirth Munich
placeOfDeath Bonn
positionHeld Archbishop of Cologne
surface form: Archbishop-Elector of Cologne

Bishop of Liège
Bishop of Regensburg
surface form: Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
predecessor Maximilian Henry of Bavaria
surface form: Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (as Elector of Cologne)
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Bonn
Cologne
sexOrGender male
sibling Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
startTime 1685 (as Prince-Bishop of Regensburg)
1688 (as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
1694 (as Bishop of Liège)
style His Electoral Highness
successor Clemens August of Bavaria
surface form: Clemens August of Bavaria (as Elector of Cologne)
supported France during the War of the Spanish Succession

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Electorate of Cologne notableRuler Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska child Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
this entity surface form: Johann Theodor of Bavaria
Prince-elector of Cologne officeHoldersInclude Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Magdalenenklause commissionedBy Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
this entity surface form: Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Austria (Archduchess, 1634–1696) child Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
subject surface form: Maria Anna of Austria (1634–1696)