Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022), also known as Max von Baden, was a German businessman and the head of
House of Baden
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. Through his mother,
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, the second sister of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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, he was a first cousin of
King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
Early life and family
Maximilian was born on 3 July 1933 in
Salem. He was the second child and eldest son of
Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Berthold, Margrave of Baden (''Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl''; 24 February 1906 – 27 October 1963), was the head of the House of Baden, which had reigned over the Grand Duchy of Baden until 1918, from 1929 until his death ...
, and his wife,
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. He had one older sister,
Princess Margarita, and has a younger brother, Prince Ludwig (born 1937).
Marriage and children
Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin, Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of his maternal aunt,
Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This was broken off. In 1966, he married Archduchess Valerie of Austria (born 1941), daughter of
Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and
Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm. They were married civilly on 23 September 1966 at
Salem and religiously on 30 September 1966 at
Persenbeug Castle in
Lower Austria
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.
The Margrave and Margravine had four children:
* Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (born Salem, 3 July 1969); she married, civilly, at Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September 1999,
Richard Dudley Baker, they have one daughter.
*
Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Margrave of Baden (born Salem, 27 May 1970)
* Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (born Salem, 1 October 1971), unmarried and without issue.
* Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (born Salem, 11 March 1976); he married at Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, without issue.
The Margravine represented the Margrave for the
state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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, his aunt, at
Westminster Abbey
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in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Stephanie.
Death
Maximilian died in Salem Castle on 29 December 2022, at the age of 89. He was succeeded as titular margrave and head of house by his son
Bernhard
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Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
* Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...
.
Ancestry
References
External links
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1933 births
2022 deaths
People from Bodenseekreis
House of Zähringen
German princes
Margraves of Baden