Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria

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Elector Palatine Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire elector human member of the House of Wittelsbach

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, was an 18th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty whose inheritance of the Bavarian electorate sparked the War of the Bavarian Succession and who was known for his patronage of the arts and relatively ineffective rule.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria canonical	10
Karl Theodor	2
Elector Charles Theodore of Bavaria	1
recognition of Charles Theodore as Elector of Bavaria	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Elector Palatine ⓘ Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ elector ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
burial place	Theatinerkirche, Munich ⓘ surface form: Theatine Church, Munich
cause of war	succession to the Electorate of Bavaria in 1777 ⓘ
country of citizenship	Electoral Palatinate ⓘ Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
date of birth	1724-12-11 ⓘ
date of death	1799-02-16 ⓘ
end time (Elector of Bavaria)	1799 ⓘ
end time (Elector Palatine)	1799 ⓘ
father	John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
given name	Charles ⓘ Theodore ⓘ
known for	attempted territorial exchange of Bavaria for the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ relatively ineffective rule ⓘ
mother	Maria Henriette de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
movement	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
noble family	House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
notable event	War of the Bavarian Succession ⓘ
patronage	music ⓘ science ⓘ theatre ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
place of birth	Drogenbos ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
place of death	Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Munich ⓘ
position held	Prince-elector of Bavaria ⓘ Prince-elector of the Palatinate ⓘ
predecessor (as Elector of Bavaria)	Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
predecessor (as Elector Palatine)	Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Mannheim ⓘ Munich ⓘ Schwetzingen Palace ⓘ
sex or gender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este ⓘ
start time (Elector of Bavaria)	1777 ⓘ
start time (Elector Palatine)	1742 ⓘ
successor	Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria ⓘ surface form: Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria
title	Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ Duke of Bavaria ⓘ Duke of Jülich-Berg ⓘ Elector Palatine ⓘ Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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War of the Bavarian Succession → involvedPerson → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Electorate of Bavaria → ruler → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → nativeName → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karl Theodor

House of Wittelsbach → producedOfficeHolder → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector Charles Theodore of Bavaria

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford → nobleTitleGrantedBy → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Old Bridge Heidelberg → namedAfter → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karl Theodor

Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria → predecessor → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

subject surface form: Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria

Elector of Bavaria → officeHolder → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria → successor → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Potato War → hasOutcome → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: recognition of Charles Theodore as Elector of Bavaria

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria → precededBy → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Count Palatine of Sulzbach → notableHolder → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

Duke of Bavaria → positionHeldBy → Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ