Duke WILHELM V "der Fromme" of Bavaria (1579-97), *Landshut 29.9.1548, +Schleissheim 17.2.1626, bur Munich; m.Munich 22.2.1568 Renée de Lorraine (*20.4.1544 +22.5.1602) had issue:
- A1. Christof, *and +Friedsberg 23.1.1570, bur Andechs
- A2. MAXIMILIAN I, Elector of Bavaria (1598-1651), having been awarded the electorate (25.2.1623) forfeited by his cousin, Kfst Friedrich V von der Pfalz, *Munich 17.4.1573, +Ingolstadt 22.9.1651, bur Munich; 1m: Nancy 1595 Elizabeth de Lorraine (*1574 +1635); 2m: Vienna 15.7.1635 Archdss Maria Anna of Austria (*13.1.1610 +25.9.1665)
- B1. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1651-79), *Munich 31.10.1636, +Schleissheim nr Munich 26.5.1679, bur Munich; m.Munich 25.6.1652 Pss Adelaide Henriette of Savoy (*6.11.1636 +18.3.1676)
- C1. MAXIMILIAN II EMANUEL, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1726), Stattholder in Holland (1691-), *Munich 11.7.1662, +Munich 26.2.1726, bur there; 1m: Vienna 1685 Archdss Marie Antonie of Austria (*18.1.1669 +24.12.1692); 2m: Wesel 2.1.1695 Therese Kunigunde Sobieska, Pss of Poland (*4.3.1676, +10.3.1730)
- D1. Leopold Ferdinand, *Munich 22.5.1689, +Munich 25.5.1689, bur there
- D2. Anton, *and +Munich 28.6.1690, bur there
- D3. Josef Ferdinand Leopold of Asturia, *Vienna 28.10.1692, +Brussels 6.2.1699, bur there; he, as the only surviving child of his mother, the only surviving child of her mother, the Infanta Margarita of Spain, the only surviving full sister of the childless King Carlos II of Spain, was selected as a compromise candidate as heir to King Carlos. This would, at least temporarily, have averted the War of the Spanish Succession caused by the competing claims of France and Austria. However, when Josef Ferdinand predeceased Carlos by a year all compromise was off and war ensued after Carlos's death.
- D4. KARL ALBRECHT, Elector of Bavaria (1726-45), *Brussels 6.8.1697, +Munich 20.1.1745, bur Munich; elected Emperor KARL VII (12.2.1742-1745) and King of Bohemia (1741-45) cr 7.12.1741, after the death without male issue of his father-in-law and uncle, the Emperors Josef I and Karl VI. However, Bavaria was ill-equipped to support the imperial splendor, and France proved a lukewarm ally. His cousin Maria Theresa eventually defeated him and secured the imperial crown for her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine; m.Vienna 5.10.1722 Archdss Marie Amalie of Austria (*22.10.1701 +11.12.1756)
- E1. MAXIMILIAN III JOSEF Karl, Elector of Bavaria (1745-77), *Munich 28.3.1727, +Munich 30.12.1777, bur there; he was succeeded as Elector of Bavaria by his distant cousin, Karl Theodor of Sulzbach, Elector Palatine; m.Munich 1747 Pss Maria Anna of Saxony (*29.8.1728 +17.2.1797)
- E2. Josef Ludwig Leopold, *Nymphenburg 25.8.1728, +Munich 2.12.1733, bur there
- E3. Maximiliana Maria, *and +12.4.1723, bur Munich
- E4. Maria Antonia Walburga Symphorosa, *Schloß Nymphenburg 18.7.1724, +Dresden 23.4.1780, bur there; m.Dresden 20.6.1747 Elector Friedrich Christian of Saxony (*5.9.1722 +17.12.1763)
- E5. Theresia Benedicta Maria, *Munich 6.12.1725, +Frankfurt 29.3.1743
- E6. Marie Anna Josepha Augusta, *Nymphenburg 7.8.1734, +Munich 7.5.1776, bur there; m.Ettlingen 1755 Mgve Ludwig Georg of Baden-Baden (*1702 +Rastatt 1761)
- E7. Josepha Maria Antonia Walburga, *Munich 30.3.1739, +Vienna 28.5.1767, bur Kapuzinergruft, Vienna; m.Vienna 23.1.1765 Emperor Josef II (*13.3.1741 +20.2.1790)
- E8. [illegitimate] Gf Ludwig von Eschenbach, Abbot of Ettal, *1719, +1779
- E9. [illegitimate by N von Haslang] Gfn Marie Josepha von Hohenfels, legitimized 1726, *1720, +1797; m.1736 Cte Emanuel Francois de Baviere (*1695 +1747)
- E10. [illegitimate by Frn Charlotte Sophie von Ingenheim] Gf Franz Ludwig von Holnstein, *1723, +1780; m.1757 Gfn Anna Marie von Löwenfeld (+1783); their descendants were the Counts von Holnstein; See HERE
- E11. [illegitimate by Frn Maria Josepha Topor von Morawitzky (*1714 +1789)] N, Gf von Helfenberg, *1735, +?
- E12. [illegitimate by Gfn Josepha Fugger (*1719 +1794)] N, Gf Wachsenstein, *1739/40, +?
- E13. [illegitimate] N de Wart, a Bavarian officer
- D5. Philipp Moritz Maria, Elekt of Paderborn and Münster 1719, *Brussels 5.8.1698, +Rome 12.3.1719, bur Rome
- D6. Ferdinand Maria Innocenz, *Brussels 5.8.1699, +Munich 9.12.1738, bur there; m.Reichstadt 5.2.1719 Anna Maria, Pfgfn von Neuburg (*30.1.1693 +12.9.1751)
- E1. Maximilian Joseph Franz, *Munich 11.4.1720, +Munich 28.4.1738, bur there
- E2. Klemens Franz de Paula, *Munich 19.4.1722, +Munich 6.8.1770, bur there; m.Mannheim 1742 Pfgfn Marie Anna von Sulzbach (*1722 +1790)
- F1. Maria, *and + 30.9.1748
- F2. Maria Anna, *and + 28.1.1735
- F3. a son, *and + 31.5.1754
- F4. a son, *and + 23.6.1755
- E3. Therese Emanuele, *Munich 22.7.1723, +Frankfurt 27.3.1743
- E4. [illegitimate by Gfn Marie Adelheid Fortunata Spaur (*1694 +1781)] Gf Joseph Ferdinand von Salern, *before 26.9.1718, +1805; 1m: 1753 Gfn Marie Mechtildis von Toerring (*1734 +1764); 2m: 1766 Gfn Josepha von La Rosee (+1772)
- F1. Gf Max von Salern, +1810; m.1798 Frn Xaveria von Pienzenau
- G1. Gfn Sophie, +ca 1849
- G2. a daughter, m.Adam von Pichler
- F2. Gfn Marie Josepha, *1766 +1830; 1m: 1790 Frhr Peter von Vieregg; 2m: 1812 Frhr Karl Theodor von Hallberg zu Broich (+1840)
- F3. Gfn Adelheid, *1771 +1792; m.Frhr Karl Eligius von Strommer (+1810)
- D7. Klemens August, Bp of Regensburg (1716-19), Bp of Münster and Paderborn (1717-23), Archbishop-Elector of Köln (1723-61), *Brussels 17.8.1700, +Schloß Ehrenbreitstein 6.2.1761, bur Köln Cathedral
- E1. [illegitimate] Gfn Anna Maria von Löwenfeld, +1783; m.Gf Franz Ludwig von Holnstein (*1723 +1780)
- D8. Wilhelm, *Schleissheim 12.7.1701, +Munich 12.2.1704, bur Munich
- D9. Alois Johann Christoph, *Munich 21.6.1702, +Munich 18.6.1705, bur there
- D10. Johann Theodor, Bp of Regensburg (1719-27), of Freising (1727-44) and Liége (1744-60), Cardinal 1743, *Munich 3.9.1703, +Liége 1763, bur there
- D11. Maximilian Emanuel Thomas, *Munich 21.12.1704, +18.2.1709, bur Munich
- D12. a son, *and +12.8.1695, bur Brussels
- D12. Maria Anna Karoline, a nun, *Brussels 4.8.1696, +Munich 1750, bur Munich
- D13. [illegitimate by Agnes Francoise de Louchier] Cte Emanuel Francois de Baviere, Marquis de Villacerf, *17.5.1695, +2.7.1747; 1m: 1725 N Phelypeaux; 2m: 1736 Gfn Marie Josepha von Hohenfels (*1720 +1797)
- E1. Marie Amelie, Marquise de Villacerf, *1744, +1820; m.1761 Armand, Marquis d'Hautefort (+1805)
- D14. [illegitimate] Maria Josepha von Sionsperg, *1723, fl 1729
- C2. Ludwig Amadeus Victor, *Munich 6.4.1665, +Munich 11.12.1665, bur there
- C3. Kajetan Maria Franz, *2.5.1670, +Munich 7.12.1670, bur there
- C4. Josef Klemens, Bp of Freising 1685, Bp of Liége 1694, Bp of Hildesheim (1714-23), Archbishop-Elector of Köln (1688-95), Bp of Regensburg (1695-1715), *Munich 5.12.1671, +Bonn 12.11.1723, bur Köln Cathedral; he left illegitimate issue by Constance de Grousselier:
- C5. Marie Anna Christine Victoria, *Munich 28.11.1660, +Versailles 20.4.1690, bur Saint-Denis; m.Châlons-sur-Marne 1680, Louis, Dauphin of France (*1.11.1661 +14.4.1711)
- C6. Luise Margarete Antonie, *Munich 18.9.1663, +Munich 10.11.1665, bur there
- C7. Violante=Beatrix, *Munich 23.1.1673, +Florence 29.5.1731, bur there; m.Florence 1689 Ferdinando III de Medici, Hereditary Prince of Tuscany (*9.8.1673 +31.10.1713)
- C8. a child, *VI.1661
- C9. a child, *III.1664
- C10. a son, *4.8.1666
- C11. a child, *1674
- B2. Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Ldgf von Leuchtenberg, *Munich 30.9.1638, +Türkheim, Swabia 20.3.1705; m.Château-Thierry 24.4.1668 Mauricienne Fébronie de La Tour-d'Auvergne, dite Pss d'Evreux (*12.4.1652 +20.6.1706)
- A3. Philipp Wilhelm, Cardinal 1597, Bp of Regensburg 1595, *Munich 22.9.1576, +Dachau 18.5.1598, bur Munich
- A4. Ferdinand, Archbishop-Elector of Köln (1612-50), Bp of Hildesheim and Liége 1612, Bp of Paderborn 1618, *Munich 6.10.1577, +Arnsberg 13.9.1650, bur Köln Cathedral
- A5. Karl, *Munich 30.5.1580, +Salzburg 27.10.1587, bur Andechs
- A6. Albrecht VI "der Leuchtenberger", Ldgf von Leuchtenberg, *Munich 13.5.1584, +Munich 5.7.1666, bur Altötting; m.Munich 27.4.1612 Ldgfn Mechthildis von Leuchtenberg (*Pfreimd 15.10.1588, +Laufen 1.6.1634, bur Altötting)
- B1. Karl Johann Franz, *Munich 10.11.1618, +Munich 19.5.1640, bur there
- B2. Ferdinand Wilhelm, *Munich 25.8.1620, +Munich 23.10.1629, bur there
- B3. Maximilian Heinrich, Archbishop-Elector of Köln (1650-88), Bp of Münster 1683, Bp of Hildesheim and Liége 1650, *Munich 8.1.1621, +Bonn 3.6.1688, bur Köln Cathedral
- B4. Albrecht Sigmund, Bp of Regensburg (1668-85), *Munich 5.8.1623, +Freising 4.11.1685, bur Freising Cathedral
- B5. Marie Renate, *Munich 3.8.1616, +Munich 1.3.1630, bur there
- A7. Christine, *Munich 23.9.1571, +Munich 27.4.1580, bur Andechs
- A8. Maria Anna, *Munich 8.12.1574, +Graz 8.3.1616, bur Graz; m.Graz 23.4.1600 Emperor Ferdinand II von Habsburg (*9.7.1578 +15.2.1637)
- A9. Eleonore Magdalene, *Munich 7.10.1578, +Landshut 18.4.1579, bur Seligenthal
- A10. Magdalene, *Munich 4.7.1587, +Neuburg a.d.Donau 25.9.1628, bur there; m.Munich 11.11.1613 Pfgf Wolfgang Wilhelm von Neuburg (*4.11.1578 +20.3.1653)
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