Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden

Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden, ''Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden'' (23 September 1625 – 4 November 1669) was the father of the famous general

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (german: links=no, Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as ''Türken ...

. Born in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...

, he was the oldest son of

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden Margrave William of Baden-Baden (30 July 1593 – 22 May 1677) was the ruler of Baden-Baden between 1621 and 1677. Life Born in Baden-Baden, he was the eldest son of Margrave Edward Fortunatus of Baden and Maria of Eicken. He was Geheimrat, Gene ...

and Catharina Ursula of Hohenzollern–Hechingen. Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden was destined to follow in his father's footsteps as

Margrave of Baden-Baden The Margraviate of Baden-Baden was an early modern southwest German territory within the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1535 along with the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach as a result of the division of the Margraviate of Baden. Its territory ...

, but he died before his father in a hunting accident. Ferdinand Maximilian married in Paris in 1653

Princess Louise of Savoy it, Luisa Cristina di Savoia , spouse = Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden , issue = Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden , house = House of Savoy (by birth) House of Zähringen (by marriage) , father = Thomas Fr ...

(1627–1689), aunt of Prince Eugene of Savoy. The marriage was not successful. Louise Christine of Savoy refused to leave the refined French court and follow her husband to Baden-Baden. Ferdinand Maximilian then abducted his son from Paris and brought him to Baden-Baden. As a consequence Louis William was not raised by his mother, but by his grandfather's second wife Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern. {{Authority control 1625 births 1669 deaths House of Zähringen Hereditary Princes of Baden-Baden Heirs apparent who never acceded Hunting accident deaths People from Baden-Baden Accidental deaths in Germany