Karl Friedrich
Grand Duke of Baden
Titles: Margrave of Baden-Durlach; Margrave of Baden; Elector of Baden; Grand Duke of Baden
Born: November 22, 1728 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach and Princess Amalie of Nassau-Deitz
Married(1): January 28, 1751 to Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
– Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755)
– Prince Friedrich (1756)
– Grand Duke Ludwig I (1763)
– Princess Luise Auguste (1767)
Married(2): November 24, 1787 to Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg
Children:
– Grand Duke Leopold (1790)
– Prince Wilhelm (1792)
– Prince Friedrich Alexander (1793)
– Princess Amalie (1795)
– Prince Maximilian (1796)
REIGN: July 25, 1806 – June 10, 1811
Died: June 10, 1811 in Karlsruhe
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Pforzheim
Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Margravine of Baden
Titles: Margravine of Baden-Durlach; Margravine of Baden
Born: July 11, 1723 in Darmstadt
Parents: Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Charlotte Christine of Hanau
Married: January 28, 1751 to Karl Friedrich of Baden
Children:
– Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755)
– Prince Friedrich (1756)
– Grand Duke Ludwig I (1763)
– Princess Luise Auguste (1767)
Died: April 8, 1783 in Paris, France
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Pforzheim
Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg
Countess of Hochberg
Titles: Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg; Baroness of Hochberg; Countess of Hochberg
Born: May 26, 1768 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Ludwig, Baron Geyer von Geyersberg and Maximiliana, Countess of Sponeck
Married: November 24, 1787 to Karl Friedrich of Baden
Children:
– Grand Duke Leopold (1790)
– Prince Wilhelm (1792)
– Prince Friedrich Alexander (1793)
– Princess Amalie (1795)
– Prince Maximilian (1796)
Died: June 23, 1820 in Karlsruhe
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Pforzheim
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Karl
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: July 8, 1786 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Married: April 8, 1906 in Paris to Stéphanie de Beauharnais
Children:
– Princess Luise (1811)
– unnamed son (1812)
– Princess Josephine (1813)
– Prince Alexander (1816)
– Princess Marie (1817)
REIGN: June 10, 1811 – December 8, 1818
Died: December 8, 1818 in Karlsruhe
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Pforzheim
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
Grand Duchess of Baden
Born: August 28, 1789 in Versailles, France
Parents: Claude de Beauharnais and Claudine de Lézay-Marnézia
Married: April 8, 1906 in Paris to Karl of Baden
Children:
– Princess Luise (1811)
– unnamed son (1812)
– Princess Josephine (1813)
– Prince Alexander (1816)
– Princess Marie (1817)
Died: January 29, 1860 in Nice, France
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Pforzheim
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Ludwig I
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: February 8, 1763 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
REIGN: December 8, 1818 – March 30, 1830
Died: March 30, 1830 in Karlsruhe
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
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Leopold
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: August 29, 1790 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg
Married: July 25, 1819 in Karlsruhe to Princess Sofia of Sweden
Children:
– Princess Alexandrine (1820)
– Prince Ludwig (1822)
– Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824)
– Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826)
– Prince Wilhelm (1829)
– Prince Karl (1832)
– Princess Marie (1834)
– Princess Cecilie (1839)
REIGN: March 30, 1830 – April 24, 1852
Died: March 30, 1830 in Karlsruhe
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
Sofia of Sweden
Grand Duchess of Baden
Born: May 21, 1801 in Stockholm, Sweden
Parents: King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Friederike of Baden
Married: July 25, 1819 in Karlsruhe to Leopold of Baden
Children:
– Princess Alexandrine (1820)
– Prince Ludwig (1822)
– Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824)
– Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826)
– Prince Wilhelm (1829)
– Prince Karl (1832)
– Princess Marie (1834)
– Princess Cecilie (1839)
Died: July 6, 1865 in Karlsruhe
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
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Ludwig II
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: August 15, 1824 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sofia of Sweden
REIGN: April 24, 1852 – January 22, 1858
Died: January 22, 1858 in Karlsruhe
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
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Friedrich I
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: September 9, 1826 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sofia of Sweden
Married: September 20, 1856 in Potsdam to Princess Luise of Prussia
Children:
– Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857)
– Princess Victoria (1862)
– Prince Ludwig (1865)
REIGN: January 22, 1858 – September 28, 1907
Died: September 28, 1907 in Mainau
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
Luise of Prussia
Grand Duchess of Baden
Born: December 3, 1838 in Berlin, Prussia
Parents: Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Married: September 20, 1856 in Potsdam to Friedrich I of Baden
Children:
– Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857)
– Princess Victoria (1862)
– Prince Ludwig (1865)
Died: April 23, 1923 in Baden-Baden
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
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Friedrich II
Grand Duke of Baden
Born: July 9, 1857 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden and Luise of Prussia
Married: September 20, 1885 at Schloss Hohenburg to Princess Hilda of Nassau
REIGN: September 28, 1907 – November 22, 1918 (abdicated)
Died: August 9, 1928 in Badenweiler
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe
Hilda of Nassau
Grand Duchess of Baden
Born: November 5, 1864 in Biebrich
Parents: Adolphe, Duke of Nassau and Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
Married: September 20, 1885 at Schloss Hohenburg to Friedrich II of Baden
Died: February 8, 1952 in Badenweiler
Buried: Grand Ducal Chapel, Karlsruhe