Archduchess Valerie of Austria (born 23 May 1941 in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

) is a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and a Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden , is the son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark...

, Valerie is a member of the House of Zähringen and Margravine consort of Baden.

Family

Valerie was the ninth child and seventh daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria

Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria

Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth.-Family:Hubert Salvator was the...

 and his wife Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm

Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm

Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, Wildgravine and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm was a member of the Princely House of Salm-Salm and a Princess, Wildgravine, and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm by birth...

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Marriage and issue

Valerie married Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden , is the son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark...

, second child and eldest son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl, Margrave of Baden was born on 24 February 1906 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of Prince Maximilian, Margrave of Baden and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. He died on 27 October 1963 in Spaichingen,...

 and his wife Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, on 23 September 1966 civilly in Salem, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

, Germany

Germany

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 and religiously on 30 September 1966 at Schloss Persenbeug

Burg Persenbeug

Burg Persenbeug is a castle in Lower Austria, Austria.-References:This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....

 in Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

Persenbeug-Gottsdorf is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, Lower Austria

Lower Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. Valerie and Maximilian have four children together:

• Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden, b. Salem, 3 July 1969 married in Salem civilly on 15 and religiously on 25 September 1999 to Richard Baker
  Zentatsu Richard Baker
  Zentatsu Richard Baker , born Richard Dudley Baker, is an American Soto Zen master , the founder and guiding teacher of Dharma Sangha—which consists of Crestone Mountain Zen Center located in Crestone, Colorado and the Buddhistisches Studienzentrum in Germany's Black Forest...
  
   (b. 30 March 1936 at Biddeford, Maine
  Maine
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  ) with a daughter, Sofia Baker, b. 1 March 2001 in Alamosa, Colorado.
• His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft of Baden
  Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden
  Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Ludwig Kraft, born 27 May 1970 in Schloss Salem, Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is the eldest son of Maximilian, Margrave of Baden and...
  
  , b. Salem, 27 May 1970, married with three sons
• His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden, b. Salem, 1 October 1971
• His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden, b. Salem, 11 March 1976

Titles and styles

• 23 May 1941 – 23 September 1966: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Valerie of Austria; Princess Valerie of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
• 23 September 1966 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Margravine of Baden

Ancestry