Margrave Charles William Eugene of Baden-Rodemachern (1627–1666), was Margrave of
Baden-Rodemachern and
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in
Cologne
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. He was a son of
Margrave
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Herman Fortunatus from his first marriage with Antonia Elizabeth (d. 12 January 1635), a daughter of Christopher of Criechingen.
He was chamberlain to King
Ferdinand IV and
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of the
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in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
. With his death, the younger line of Baden-Rodemachern died out and Baden-Rodemachern fell back to Baden-Baden — although Rodemachern itself was occupied by
France
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at the time.
[See: ''Pierer's Universal-Lexikon'', vol. 14, Altenburg, 1862, p. 218]
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Ancestors
See also
* List of rulers of Baden
Baden was an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France, primarily consisting of territory along the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Alsace and the Palatinate.
History
The te ...
References
* Johann Christian Sachs: ''Einleitung in die Geschichte der Marggravschaft und des marggrävlichen altfürstlichen Hauses Baden'', Karlsruhe, 1769, part 3, p. 312,
Footnotes
Margraves of Baden
1627 births
1666 deaths
17th-century German people
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