Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
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Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard, born 3 July 1933 in Schloss Salem, Salem
, Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
), is the son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden
and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Through his mother, he is the nephew of The Duke of Edinburgh
and is first cousin to The Prince of Wales
, The Princess Royal
, The Duke of York
, and The Earl of Wessex
. He is the head of the Grand-Ducal House of Baden and the representative of the descent of the Kings of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp
.
, daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria
and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm
, on 23 September 1966 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in a civil marriage. They were married in a religious ceremony on 30 September 1966 in Schloss Persenbeug, Austria
.
Because he married a Catholic, Maximilian is not in the line of succession to the British Throne
.
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...
), is the 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 Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Through his mother, he is the nephew of The Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
and is first cousin to The Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
, The Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, The Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, and The Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...
. He is the head of the Grand-Ducal House of Baden and the representative of the descent of the Kings of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp
House of Holstein-Gottorp
The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled Sweden from 1751 until 1818, and Norway from 1814 to 1818.In 1743 Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to Russia, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace...
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Marriage and children
He married Archduchess Valerie of AustriaArchduchess 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...
, 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 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...
, on 23 September 1966 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in a civil marriage. They were married in a religious ceremony on 30 September 1966 in Schloss Persenbeug, 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...
.
- 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 Dudley BakerZentatsu Richard BakerZentatsu 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 BiddefordBiddeford, MaineBiddeford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is the largest town in the county, and is the sixth-largest in the state. It is the most southerly incorporated town in the state and the principal commercial center of York County. The population was 21,277 at the 2010 census...
, York CountyYork County, MaineYork County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2010, the population was 197,131. Its county seat is Alfred.Founded in 1636, it is the oldest county in Maine and one of the oldest in the United States....
, MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
) with a daughter, Sofia Baker, b. 1 March 2001 in AlamosaAlamosa, ColoradoThe city of Alamosa is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 8,682 in 2005...
, Alamosa CountyAlamosa County, ColoradoAlamosa County is one of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county name is the Spanish language word for a "grove of cottonwood trees." The county population was 14,966 at U.S. Census 2000...
, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. - His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft of BadenBernhard, Hereditary Prince of BadenBernhard, 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
Because he married a Catholic, Maximilian is not in the line of succession to the British Throne
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
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Patrilineal descent
- Berthold II, Duke of CarinthiaBerthold II, Duke of CarinthiaBerthold II was an ancestor of the House of Baden, in addition to being Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona....
, d. 1078 - Herman I, Margrave of Baden, 1040–1074
- Herman II, Margrave of Baden, 1074–1130
- Herman III, Margrave of Baden, d. 1160
- Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, 1135–1190
- Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, d. 1243
- Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-BadenRudolf I, Margrave of Baden-BadenRudolf I, Margrave of Baden was Margrave of Baden from 1250 until his death.He was the son of Herman V and Irmengard, Countess Palatinate of the Rhine. She was the daughter of Henry I, Count Palatinate of the Rhine. He inherited Baden, together with his brother Herman VI, until Herman VI's...
, 1230–1288 - Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1266–1291
- Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim, d. 1348
- Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-BadenFrederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden-Life:He was the elder son of Rudolf IV and Marie of Oettingen.-Family and children:He married Margareta of Baden, daughter of Rudolf Hesso, Margrave of Baden-Baden and had the following children:# Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-Baden ....
, 1327–1353 - Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-BadenRudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-BadenRudolf VI of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Baden and Count of Eberstein from 1353 to 1372.-Life:He was the elder son of Frederick III and Margareta of Baden. Under Rudolf VI Baden was again united in 1361, since the other lines had expired...
, d. 1372 - Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-BadenBernard I, Margrave of Baden-BadenBernard I of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1391 to 1431.-Life:He was the elder son of Rudolf VI and Matilde of Sponheim. He and his brother Rudolf VII concluded an inheritance contract in 1380, according to which the margraviate might be divided only among male descendants for two...
, 1364–1431 - Jacob, Margrave of Baden-BadenJacob, Margrave of Baden-BadenJacob I of Baden , was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1431 to 1453.He was the elder son of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Anna von Oettingen. Jacob I was a man of deep religious beliefs, well-known as a founder of churches...
, 1407–1453 - Charles I, Margrave of Baden-BadenCharles I, Margrave of Baden-BadenCharles I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden during 1454-1475.Charles was the elder son of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife Catherine, daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine. In 1462 he began the Baden-Palatinate war with Elector Frederick I of the Rhine...
, 1427–1475 - Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-BadenChristopher I, Margrave of Baden-BadenChristopher I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden in 1475–1515.Christopher was the eldest son of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Katharina of Austria, a sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. He built the New Castle and moved there in 1479. In 1515 he divided his possessions...
, 1453–1527 - Ernest I, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1482–1553
- Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1529–1577
- George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-DurlachGeorg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-DurlachGeorge Frederick of Baden-Durlach was Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1604 until his abdication in 1622. He also ruled Baden-Baden....
, 1573–1638 - Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-DurlachFrederick V, Margrave of Baden-DurlachFrederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach was a German nobleman, who ruled as margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1622 to his death...
, 1594–1659 - Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1617–1677
- Frederick VII Magnus, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1647–1709
- Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1679–1738
- Hereditary Prince Frederick of Baden-Durlach, 1703–1732
- Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, 1728–1811
- Leopold, Grand Duke of BadenLeopold, Grand Duke of BadenLeopold I, Grand Duke of Baden succeeded in 1830 as the fourth Grand Duke of Baden....
, 1790–1852 - Prince Wilhelm of BadenPrince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–1897)Prince Louis William Augustus of Baden was a Prussian general and politician. He was the father of Prince Maximilian of Baden, the last Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia and last Chancellor of the German Empire...
, 1829–1897 - Prince Maximilian of BadenPrince Maximilian of BadenMaximilian of Baden was a German prince and politician...
, 1867–1929 - Berthold, Margrave of BadenBerthold, Margrave of BadenBerthold 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,...
, 1906–1963 - Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, b. 1933