ORDER OF MALTA. - BAVIÈRE (Charles-Théodore de Wittelsbach, duke elector of). 2 pieces signed. 1781 and 1794. GRAND-PRIEURE AND LANGUAGE OF BAVIERE. While on the one hand the Order of Malta was seeking to re-establish a precarious financial situation, on the other hand the Elector of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine, wished to associate the Order of Malta with his nobility. But, being a deeply Catholic, he did not want to hear of an aggregation of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg, which had returned to the Order in 1763 and was under the protection of the Protestant King of Prussia. Negotiations were held in 1773 with the Order of Malta, but as the Bavarian clergy refused to provide the necessary funding, the Duke of Bavaria decided to resort to the property and income of the Jesuit Order, which had been abolished in 1773. The Grand Priory of Bavaria was established on December 14, 1781, forming the "Language of Bavaria" and including Upper and Lower Bavaria, Neuburg, Sulzbach and the Upper Palatinate. After further negotiations, the former Grand Priory of England, the Priory of Ireland and the Bailiwick of Eagle were added to it on 9 April 1782 to form the "Anglo-Bavarian Language" (the Bull of Erection was not issued until 1784). In 1785, the Grand Priory of Poland (founded in 1776 as a result of the first partition of Poland in 1772) was added. However, this Polish Grand Priory came under the control of the Tsar in 1793 after the third partition in 1795, and in 1797 was renamed the Russian Grand Priory, while the Anglo-Bavarian Language was renamed the Anglo-Bavarian-Russian Language. This was ended in 1808 when the Bavarian Elector Maximilian Joseph of Wittelsbach, elevated to the rank of king by Napoleon I, abolished the Bavarian Grand Priory. Foundation of the Bavarian Language endowed on the property of the recently suppressed Society of Jesus - Letters patent signed by the Duke-Elector of Bavaria, countersigned by Gottfried von Dumhoff as intimate secretary. Munich, December 14, 1781. Large oblong folio on vellum, the first 5 lines of which are calligraphed and decorated with ornamental motifs with initial on a heraldic mantle background topped by a crown, red wax armorial seal under gilt metal case affixed to lakes cord in the white and blue colors of Bavaria. " ... Per præsentem donationis membranam inviolabiliter, firmiter, et in perpetuum, proprio nostro ac successorum nostrorum nomine, præclarissimo Ordini Melitensi, ac peculiariter Provinciæ seu Linguæ Bavaricæ omnia bona, nomina et jura in supradictis nostris ditionibus ab extincta Societate Jesu quondam possessa donamus, cedimus, illisque nominatum præclarissimum ordinem, peculiariter autem Provinciam seu Linguam Bavaricam dotamus, ditamus ac fundamus, ita, ut iis... uti, frui, ac de eis tanquam Ordini religioso ac equestri proprio bono disponere omnino nemine contradicente possit, ac valeat... Instrumentum hoc publicum propria manu nostra subscriptum, ac sigillo nostro firmatum, Eminentissimo D[omino] Magno Magistro et præclarissimo Ordini tradimus..." Translation: "... By the present act of donation on parchment, we give, cede inviolably, firmly, and in perpetuity, in our name and in that of our successors, to the Illustrious Order of Malta, and particularly to the Province or Tongue of Bavaria, all the goods, titles, and rights formerly possessed in our above-mentioned States by the former Society of Jesus, and we endow, pledge, and establish the said Illustrious Order, and particularly the Province or Tongue of Bavaria, in such a way as to enable it to.... to use and enjoy it, and to dispose of it as a religious Order as well as a knightly one, without anyone objecting to it, and so that it may be established... We deliver this public act, signed by our own hand and confirmed with our seal, to the eminent lord Grand Master and to the illustrious Order..." Appointment of the Commander of Essing in the Grand Priory of Bavaria - Letters Patent by the Duke-Elector of Bavaria, countersigned by Johann-Baptist von Schneidheim as intimate secretary, with autograph visa of Johann-Friedrich von Hertling as chancellor. Munich, 25 August 1794. 1 p. large oblong folio on vellum skin, red wax armorial seal under circular wooden case affixed to silk lakes in the white and blue colors of Bavaria. " ... Cum in prioratu Melitensi Bavarico quem ex bonis et reditibus extinctæ Societatis Jesu per literas fundationis 14 die mensis decembris 1781 datas ereximus, nonnisi quatuor commendæ ecclesiasticae existant, tanquam in supplementum hujus fundationis adhuc unam commendam presbyteralem seu clericalem in ecclesia Essingensi, vulgo Essing, creamus, atque ea conditione dotamus, ut primus hujus commendæ possessor seu commendatarius, Petrus de Salabert, abbas Tholeyensis, serenissimi ducis Bipontini minister status, omnibus iis privilegiis, exemptionibus ac juribus gaudeat, quibus
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