Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian
Margrave of Baden
The Margrave of Baden and the Princess of Prussia at the funeral of Archduke and Crown Prince Otto of Austria in 2011.
Head of the House of Baden
Tenure	Since 27 October 1963
Predecessor	Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Born	3 July 1933 Salem, Bodensee
Spouse	Archduchess Valerie of Austria (m. 1966)
House	House of Zähringen
Father	Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Mother	Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard, born 3 July 1933 at Salem Castle, Salem, Germany), is the elder son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Through his mother, he is the nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and is first cousin to Charles, Prince of Wales.^[1][2] He is the head of the Grand-Ducal House of Baden and the representative of the descent of the Kings of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp.

Marriage and children

He married Archduchess Valerie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, civilly on 23 September 1966 in Salem, and religiously on 30 September 1966 in Persenbeug Castle, Austria.^[3][4]

• HGDH Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (b. Salem, 3 July 1969) married, civilly, in Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September to Rev. Zentatsu Richard Baker (b. 30 March 1936 at Biddeford, York County, Maine).
  • Sofia Baker (b. 1 March 2001 in Alamosa, Colorado).
• HRH Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Hereditary Prince of Baden (b. Salem, 27 May 1970); married with three sons.
• HGDH Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (born Salem, 1 October 1971).
• HGDH Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (born Salem, 11 March 1976) married in Salem on 4 July 2015 to Christina Höhne.

Because he married a Roman Catholic, according to the Act of Settlement of 1701, Maximilian would be removed from the line of succession to the British throne, until implementation in 2015 of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which restored any succession rights to British dynasts forfeited because of marriage to Roman Catholics.

Patrilineal descent

1. Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, d. 1078
2. Herman I, Margrave of Baden, 1040–1074
3. Herman II, Margrave of Baden, 1074–1130
4. Herman III, Margrave of Baden, d. 1160
5. Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, 1135–1190
6. Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, d. 1243
7. Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1230–1288
8. Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1266–1291
9. Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim, d. 1348
10. Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1327–1353
11. Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-Baden, d. 1372
12. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1364–1431
13. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1407–1453
14. Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1427–1475
15. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1453–1527
16. Ernest I, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1482–1553
17. Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1529–1577
18. George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1573–1638
19. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1594–1659
20. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1617–1677
21. Frederick VII Magnus, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1647–1709
22. Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1679–1738
23. Hereditary Prince Frederick of Baden-Durlach, 1703–1732
24. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, 1728–1811
25. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, 1790–1852
26. Prince Wilhelm of Baden, 1829–1897
27. Prince Maximilian of Baden, 1867–1929
28. Berthold, Margrave of Baden, 1906–1963
29. Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, b. 1933

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

16. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden               8. Prince Wilhelm of Baden                       17. Princess Sophie of Sweden               4. Prince Maximilian of Baden                             18. Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg               9. Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg                       19. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia               2. Berthold, Margrave of Baden                                   20. George V of Hanover               10. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover                       21. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg               5. Princess Marie Louise of Hanover                             22. Christian IX of Denmark               11. Princess Thyra of Denmark                       23. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)               1. Maximilian, Margrave of Baden                                         24. Christian IX of Denmark (=22)               12. George I of Greece                       25. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (=23)               6. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark                             26. Grand Duke Konstantine Nicholaievich of Russia               13. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia                       27. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg               3. Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark                                   28. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine               14. Prince Louis of Battenberg                       29. Countess Julia von Hauke               7. Princess Alice of Battenberg                             30. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse               15. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine                       31. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

References

1. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 11, 1995
2. Vogel, Carol (October 25, 1995). "A Princely House Sale in Baden-Baden". The New York Times.
3. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1973). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. London: Burke's Peerage Limited. pp. 230, 290–291. ISBN 0-220-66222-3.
4. "Heads of the Post-Napoleonic German Ruling Families & their Wives and Heirs Apparent". Theodore's Royalty & Monarchy Site.