Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Ludwig Kraft, born 27 May 1970 in Schloss Salem, Salem

Salem, Bodensee

Salem is a municipality in the Bodensee district of Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany, located 9 km north of Lake Constance, with a population of c. 11,000.-Culture and sights:...

, 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

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He is the eldest son of 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...

 and Archduchess Valerie of Austria

Archduchess Valerie of Austria

Archduchess Valerie of Austria 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...

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Marriage and children

He married Stephanie Anne Kaul (b. 27 June 1966), daughter of Christian Kaul and wife Hannelore Scheel, in a civil ceremony on 22 June 2001 and a religious ceremony the following day. The marriage was acknowledged as dynastic by his father. The couple has three children:

• His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Leopold Bernhard Max Michael Ernst-August Friedrich Guillaume of Baden (b. 18 May 2002 at Ravensburg
  Ravensburg
  Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
  
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• His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Friedrich Bernhard Leopold Christian Berthold Christoph of Baden (b. 9 March 2004 at Ravensburg
  Ravensburg
  Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
  
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• His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Karl-Wilhelm Bernhard Max Alexander Ernst-August Heinrich-Donatus Mathais of Baden (b. 11 February 2006 at Ravensburg
  Ravensburg
  Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
  
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Ancestry