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Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

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Tenure
  
Since 27 October 1963

House
  
House of Zahringen

Name
  
Maximilian, of


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Predecessor
  
Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Born
  
3 July 1933 (age 90) Salem, Bodensee (
1933-07-03
)

Father
  
Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Mother
  
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark

Role
  
Berthold, Margrave of Baden's son

Spouse
  
Valerie, Margravine of Baden (m. 1966)

Children
  
Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden

Parents
  
Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark

Grandchildren
  
Prince Friedrich of Baden, Prince Karl-Wilhelm of Baden, Prince Leopold of Baden

Grandparents
  
Prince Maximilian of Baden

Similar People
  
Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Margarita of Baden, Prince Andrew of Greece a, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Archduke Hubert Salvator

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard, born 3 July 1933 at Salem Castle, Salem, Germany), is the elder son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Through his mother, he is the nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and is first cousin to Charles, Prince of Wales. 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.

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Marriage and children

He married Archduchess Valerie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, civilly on 23 September 1966 in Salem, and religiously on 30 September 1966 in Persenbeug Castle, Austria.

Their marriage produced four children:

  • Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (3 July 1969), married civilly in Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September to Zentatsu Richard Baker (b. 30 March 1936 at Biddeford, York County, Maine).
  • Sofia Baker (b. 1 March 2001 in Alamosa, Colorado).
  • Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Hereditary Prince of Baden (27 May 1970) he married Stephanie Kaul on 22 June 2001. They have three sons.
  • Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (1 October 1971).
  • Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (11 March 1976), married in Salem on 4 July 2015 to Christina Höhne.

    • Because he married a Roman Catholic, according to the Act of Settlement of 1701, Maximilian would be removed from the line of succession to the British throne, until implementation in 2015 of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which restored any succession rights to British dynasts forfeited because of marriage to Roman Catholics.

    Patrilineal descent

    1. Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, d. 1078
    2. Herman I, Margrave of Baden, 1040–1074
    3. Herman II, Margrave of Baden, 1074–1130
    4. Herman III, Margrave of Baden, d. 1160
    5. Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, 1135–1190
    6. Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, d. 1243
    7. Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1230–1288
    8. Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1266–1291
    9. Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim, d. 1348
    10. Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1327–1353
    11. Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-Baden, d. 1372
    12. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1364–1431
    13. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1407–1453
    14. Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1427–1475
    15. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1453–1527
    16. Ernest I, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1482–1553
    17. Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1529–1577
    18. George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1573–1638
    19. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1594–1659
    20. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1617–1677
    21. Frederick VII Magnus, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1647–1709
    22. Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1679–1738
    23. Hereditary Prince Frederick of Baden-Durlach, 1703–1732
    24. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, 1728–1811
    25. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, 1790–1852
    26. Prince Wilhelm of Baden, 1829–1897
    27. Prince Maximilian of Baden, 1867–1929
    28. Berthold, Margrave of Baden, 1906–1963
    29. Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, b. 1933

    References

    Maximilian, Margrave of Baden Wikipedia
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