Margrave Philibert of Baden (22 January 1536 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 ...

– 3 October 1569 in Montcontour) ruled the Margraviate of Baden-Baden from 1554 to 1569. Philibert was the son of the Margrave

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and Franziska of Luxembourg, daughter of

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. Philibert spent part of his youth at the court of

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William IV of Bavaria in

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. William, who later became his father-in-law, was known for his strict

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perspective and brought the

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. Margrave Philibert was a supporter of

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and converted to it, undeterred by his father-in-law. In 1555 he took part in the negotiations that resulted in the

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. In 1565 he wanted to come to the aid of the

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in France with 1,500 men.

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Maximilian II, however, told him not to do so and Philibert acquiesced. In 1566, Philibert served in the Imperial army, fighting in Hungary against

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Suleiman I. In 1569 he even fought against the Huguenots. He fought on the side of King

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, the son in law of Emperor Maximilian II. Philibert was killed on 3 October 1569 in the

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against the Huguenots, which the French king won. According to his friend, Heinrich von Stein, he left the battlefield alive and was then pursued by the Huguenots to a castle on the Spanish border, where they caught up with him and killed him. He left a 10-year-old son, Philip who succeeded him as Margrave Philip II. Philip II had an older sister

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and two younger sisters. Philibert's uncle

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brought the siblings to Munich and raised them there. Margrave Philibert was a Protestant, but he was very tolerant in matters of faith. He gave his subjects freedom of religion and he even married a Catholic,

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Marriage and issue

Philibert married on 17 January 1557

(born: 14 June 1532; died: 2 November 1565), daughter of the Duke

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of Bavaria. They had five children: *

(born: 16 January 1558; died: 3 September 1597, killed in

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), married Duke John William of Jülich-Berg-Cleves. * Philip II (born: 19 February 1559 in

, died: 17 June 1588), Margrave of Baden-Baden. * Anna Maria (born: 22 May 1562; died: 25 April 1583

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), third wife of

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. * Maria Salome (born: 1 February 1563; died: 30 April 1600 in

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). * Son (born and died on 31 October 1565).

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* * {{Authority control 16th-century German nobility Margraves of Baden-Baden 1536 births 1569 deaths House of Zähringen Burials at Stiftskirche, Baden-Baden

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