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 (; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany, chief commander of the Imperial army and Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also known as ''T ...
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Born in
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
, he was the oldest son of
William, Margrave of Baden-Baden 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 (1627–1689), aunt of
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty durin ...
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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.
References
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Eberhard Gothein: ''Zwei Episoden badischer Fürstengeschichte. I. Ein unglücklicher Fürstensohn (Markgraf Ferdinand Maximilian von Baden).'' In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, Vol. 66 (NF 27, 1976), pp. 543–55
Internet Archive* Albert Krieger: ''Zwei Instruktionen des Markgrafen Ferdinand Maximilian von Baden-Baden für die Erziehung seines Sohnes Ludwig Wilhelm.'' In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, Vol. 43 (NF 4, 1889), pp. 76–8
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