Career
Salern owned the Lordship of Geltolfing near Straubing. During the Napoleonic Wars, he served as a general of the artillery. From 1804, he had his own infantry regiment "Count Salern", which had been formed from the Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment Number.
4 "King William of Württemberg".
As the General Intendant for music at the Bavarian court, he was a patron of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.