Frederick, Hereditary Prince of

Baden-Durlach The Margraviate of Baden-Durlach was an early modern territory of the Holy Roman Empire, in the upper Rhine valley, which existed from 1535 to 1771. It was formed when the Margraviate of Baden was split between the sons of Margrave Christopher I ...

(7 October 1703 – 26 March 1732) was a German hereditary prince of the

Margraviate of Baden-Durlach The Margraviate of Baden-Durlach was an early modern territory of the Holy Roman Empire, in the upper Rhine valley, which existed from 1535 to 1771. It was formed when the Margraviate of Baden was split between the sons of Christopher I, Margrave ...

. Frederick was the son of Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (7 November 1677 - 30 October 1742), the daughter of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg. He became heir apparent when his elder brother Charles Magnus died in 1712. However, he died before his father did and therefore never came to government in Durlach. He served in the imperial army. In 1724, he was appointed colonel, in 1728, he was promoted to major general.

Marriage and descendants

On 3 July 1727, Frederick married Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (born 13 October 1710, died 17 September 1777), the daughter of

John William Friso, Prince of Orange John William Friso (; 14 August 1687 – 14 July 1711) became the (titular) Prince of Orange in 1702. He was the Stadtholder of Lordship of Frisia, Friesland and Lordship of Groningen, Groningen in the Dutch Republic. He also served in the Dutch ...

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Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden Charles Frederick (22 November 1728 – 10 June 1811) was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death. Biography Born at Karlsruhe, he was the son of Hereditary Prince Fr ...

(born 22 November 1728, died 10 June 1811), Margrave and later first

Grand Duke of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a margravi ...

William Ludwig William Ludwig may refer to: * William Ludwig (screenwriter) * William Ludwig (baritone) * William F. Ludwig, Sr., American percussionist and founder of Ludwig Drums {{hndis, Ludwig, William ...

(born 14 January 1732, died 17 December 1788)

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1703 births 1732 deaths People from the Margraviate of Baden House of Zähringen Heirs apparent who never acceded Sons of monarchs Hereditary princes of Baden {{Germany-noble-stub