 When the bubonic plague broke out in 1634 and 1635 about one third of the population died.After the war Munich quickly became a center of baroque life.Elector Ferdinand Maria's consort Henriette Adelaide of Savoy invited numerous Italian architects and artists to the city, and built the Theatinerkirche and Nymphenburg palace on the occasion of the birth of their son and heir Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria.