Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
Charles Frederick (22 November 1728 – 10 June 1811[1]) was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death.
| Charles Frederick | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Johann Ludwig Kisling, 1803 | |
| Grand Duke of Baden | |
| 25 July 1806 – 10 June 1811 | |
| Successor | Charles |
| Elector of Baden | |
| 27 April 1803 – 6 August 1806 | |
| Margrave of Baden (unified) | |
| 21 October 1771 – 27 April 1803 | |
| Predecessor | Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden |
| Margrave of Baden-Durlach | |
| 12 May 1738 – 21 October 1771 | |
| Predecessor | Charles III William |
| Born | 22 November 1728 Karlsruhe Palace, Karlsruhe, Margraviate of Baden-Durlach, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 10 June 1811 (aged 82) |
| Spouse | Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Louise Caroline, Baroness Geyer of Geyersberg |
| Issue | Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden Prince Frederick Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden Princess Louise Auguste Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden Prince William Prince Frederick Alexander Princess Amalie Prince Maximilian |
| House | Zähringen |
| Father | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach |
| Mother | Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz |
Marriages and children
Charles Frederick and Caroline Louise had the following children:
- Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (14 February 1755 – 16 December 1801); his son, Charles, succeeded Charles Frederick as Grand Duke upon the latter's death in 1811.
- Prince Frederick of Baden (29 August 1756 – 28 May 1817); married on 9 December 1791 Louise of Nassau-Usingen (16 August 1776 – 19 February 1829), the daughter of Duke Frederick of Nassau-Usingen.
- Prince Louis of Baden (9 February 1763 – 30 March 1830); had three illegitimate children by Katharina Werner, created Countess of Gondelsheim and Langenstein in 1818. Louis succeeded his nephew Charles as Louis I, 3rd Grand Duke in 1818.
- Son (29 July 1764 – 29 July 1764).
- Princess Louise Auguste of Baden (8 January 1767 – 11 January 1767).
Charles and Louise Caroline, Baroness Geyer of Geyersberg They had the following children:
- Prince Leopold of Baden (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852); later succeeded as HRH Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden. Married on 25 July 1819 in Karlsruhe his half-grand-niece, HRH Princess Sophie of Sweden (21 May 1801 – 6 July 1865), eldest daughter of the former King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.
- Prince William of Baden (8 April 1792 – 11 October 1859).
- Prince Frederick Alexander of Baden (10 June 1793 – 18 June 1793).
- Princess Amalie of Baden (26 January 1795 – 14 September 1869); married on 19 April 1818 Charles Egon II of Fürstenberg (28 October 1796 – 22 October 1854); their daughter, Princess Pauline von Fürstenberg, was the mother of Princess Margarethe of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (b. Slawentzitz, 27 December 1865 – d. Dresden, 13 June 1940), who was the second wife of Wilhelm, Count of Hohenau (himself a son of Prince Albert of Prussia
- Prince Maximilian of Baden (8 December 1796 – 6 March 1882).
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke Of Baden Media
Silver coin: 1 konventionsthaler Karl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach, 1766
Charles Frederick statue in front of the Karlsruhe Palace (Schloss)
References
- ↑ von Weech, Friedrich von. "Karl Friedrich, Großherzog von Baden" (Online edition). Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 15 (1882) (in Deutsch). pp. 241–248. Retrieved 26 July 2010.