Clemens August of Bavaria
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Clemens August of Bavaria was an 18th-century member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.
Clemenswerth Palace near Sögel built as a hunting lodge for Clemens August
Charles VII was elector of Bavaria from 26 February 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 to his death on 20 January 1745. He was also King of Bohemia from 1741 to 1743. Charles was a membe
Clemens August of Bavaria
…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. Over time, Clemens August changed more…
Portrait by Georg Desmarées, c. 1745
The young Charles Albert, 1717–1719, Joseph Vivien, Royal Castle in Warsaw
Allegorical depiction of Charles's coronation as Holy Roman Emperor (1742)
Thaler coin of Charles VII, dated 1743