Religion Lutheranism Name Charles Hereditary | House House of Zahringen | |
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Issue Princess AmalieCaroline, Queen of BavariaLouise, Empress of RussiaFrederica, Queen of SwedenMarie, Duchess of Brunswick-WolfenbuttelCharles Frederick, Hereditary Prince of BadenCharles, Grand Duke of BadenWilhelmine, Grand Duchess of Hesse Father Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden Mother Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Children Elizabeth Alexeievna, Frederica of Baden Parents Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden Similar People Princess Amalie of Hesse‑Darmstadt, Frederica of Baden, Caroline of Baden, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna |
Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (February 14, 1755 – December 16, 1801) was heir apparent of the Margraviate of Baden. He was born in Karlsruhe.
He was the son of Margrave Charles Frederick (who in 1803, after Charles Louis's death, became the elector and in 1806 the first Grand Duke of Baden) and Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (July 11, 1723 - April 8, 1783), the daughter of Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt.
He was an ancestor of Franz Joseph I of Austria, Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Lord Mountbatten and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, among others.
Marriage and issue
Charles Louis married his first cousin Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (June 20, 1754 – July 21, 1832, on July 15, 1774). She was the daughter of Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt.
They had eight children:
Works of history mention that his children succeeded well in marriage market and that the Hereditary Prince was the force behind that. At the time of his death in Arboga, Sweden (which occurred during the visit to his fourth daughter, the Queen of Sweden), two of his other daughters were, respectively, Electress of Bavaria and the newly ascended Empress of Russia.