Prince Joseph Clemens | |
Full Name: | de|Joseph Clemens Maria Ferdinand Ludwig Anton Augustin Alphons Alta Franz von Sales Philipp Nerius |
House: | Wittelsbach |
Father: | Prince Alfons of Bavaria |
Mother: | Princess Louise of Orléans |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1902 |
Birth Place: | Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (now Germany) |
Death Place: | Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
Burial Place: | Michaelskirche, Munich |
Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (de|Joseph Clemens Maria Ferdinand Ludwig Anton Augustin Alphons Alta Franz von Sales Philipp Nerius Prinz von Bayern) (25 May 1902 - 8 January 1990) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a leading German art historian.
Joseph Clemens was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria. He was the first child and only son of Prince Alfons of Bavaria and his wife Princess Louise Victoire d'Orléans-Alençon.
The prince studied Art History and later became one of the leading Art Historians in Germany and Europe. He was also a Grand Prior of the Bavarian Order of Saint George and Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert.