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Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony

1739–1812 · 18th century

Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony was a son of the Elector of Saxony who became Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in 1768 and in the same year the last Archbishop-Elector of Trier. He fled the French revolutionary armies in 1794, and in 1803 his electorate was dissolved. He kept the see of Augsburg until its secularisation.

Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Electorate of TrierPrince-Bishopric of Augsburg

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