Count Ferdinand Joseph Maria of Salern (1718 – 7 December 1805) was an illegitimate son of Prince Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria (1699-1738) and Countess Marie Adelheid Fortunata of Spaur. He was thus a nephew of Emperor Charles VII and his brothers Clemens Augustus elector and archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal Johann Theodore bishop of Freising Regensburg and Liège.Salern owned the Lordship of Geltolfing near Straubing.
