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{{Distinguish|text=his grandfather [[Prince Maximilian of Baden]]}}
{{Distinguish|text=his grandfather [[Prince Maximilian of Baden]]}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Maximilian
|name = Maximilian
|title = [[Margrave of Baden]]
|image = Maximilian Andreas Markgraf von Baden (2017).jpg
|image = Maximilian Andreas Markgraf von Baden (2017).jpg
|caption = Maximilian in 2017
|caption = Maximilian in 2017
|succession = [[List of rulers of Baden#Heads of the Grand Ducal House of Baden since 1918|Head of the House of Baden]]
|succession = [[House of Baden|Head of the House of Baden]]
|reign = 27 October 1963 – 29 December 2022
|reign = 27 October 1963 – 29 December 2022
|reign-type = Tenure
|reign-type = Tenure
|predecessor = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden|Berthold]]
|predecessor = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden|Berthold]]
|successor = [[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden|Bernhard]]
|successor = [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|Bernhard]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]], [[Gau Baden]], [[Nazi Germany]]
|birth_place = [[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]], [[Gau Baden]], [[Nazi Germany]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|12|29|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|12|29|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Salem, [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]
|death_place = Salem, [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany
|burial_date= 13 January 2023
|burial_place= Mimmenhausen Cemetery,<br>[[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]], Germany
|house = [[House of Baden|Baden]]
|house = [[House of Baden|Baden]]
|father = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden]]
|father = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden]]
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'''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]]. Through his mother, [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]], the second sister of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], he was a first cousin of [[Charles III|King Charles III of the United Kingdom]].
'''Maximilian, Margrave of Baden''' (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022),{{efn|Although titles of nobility were abolished in Germany in 1919, some titles continued to be used as [[courtesy title|courtesy titles]].}} also known as '''Max von Baden''', was a German businessman and the head of [[House of Baden]]. Through his mother, [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]], the second sister of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], he was a first cousin of [[Charles III|Charles III, King of the United Kingdom]].


==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
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==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin, Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of his maternal aunt, [[Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark|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, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]] and religiously on 30 September 1966 at [[Persenbeug Castle]] in [[Lower Austria]].<ref name="burke">{{cite book | title=[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Guide to the Royal Family]] | publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited | author=Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh | author-link=Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd | year=1973 | location=London | pages=[https://archive.org/details/burkesguidetoroy00lond/page/230 230, 290–291] | isbn=0-220-66222-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/royfacts/former_german.html |title=Heads of the Post-Napoleonic German Ruling Families & their Wives and Heirs Apparent |publisher=Theodore's Royalty & Monarchy Site}}</ref>
Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin, [[Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]] (daughter of his maternal aunt, [[Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark|Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]), although this was eventually broken off. In 1963, he followed his father as head of the former [[Grand Duchy of Baden|grand ducal house]] of Baden, styled ''HRH The Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022 |url=https://www.haus-baden.eu/wer/ |website=Haus Baden |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> 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, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]] and religiously on 30 September 1966 at [[Persenbeug Castle]] in [[Lower Austria]].<ref name="burke">{{cite book | title=[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Guide to the Royal Family]] | publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited | author=Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh | author-link=Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd | year=1973 | location=London | pages=[https://archive.org/details/burkesguidetoroy00lond/page/230 230, 290–291] | isbn=0-220-66222-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/royfacts/former_german.html |title=Heads of the Post-Napoleonic German Ruling Families & their Wives and Heirs Apparent |publisher=Theodore's Royalty & Monarchy Site}}</ref>


The Margrave and Margravine had four children:
The Margrave and Margravine had four children:
* Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (born 3 July 1969); she married, civilly, at Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September 1999, [[Richard Baker (Zen teacher)|Richard Baker]], they have one daughter
* 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 Baker (Zen teacher)|Richard Dudley Baker]], had issue.
* [[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden|Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Margrave of Baden]] (born 27 May 1970)
* [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|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 1 October 1971)
* 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 11 March 1976); he married at Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, no issue.
* Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (born Salem, 11 March 1976); he married at Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, daughter of Claus Höhne and wife Herlinde or Gerlinde Geiger, without issue.


The Margravine represented the Margrave for the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Stephanie.
The Margravine represented the Margrave for the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]], his aunt, at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Princess Stephanie.


==Death==
==Death==
Maximilian died on 29 December 2022, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022 |url=https://www.haus-baden.eu/wer/ |website=Haus Baden |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
Maximilian died in [[Salem Abbey|Salem Abby]] on 29 December 2022, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022 |url=https://www.haus-baden.eu/wer/ |website=Haus Baden |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> He was succeeded as titular margrave and head of house by his son [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|Bernhard]].<ref>{{cite news|title=King Charles' first cousin, Max Margrave of Baden, dies in Germany|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1715145/king-charles-cousin-max-Margrave-of-Baden-germany-royal-family-latest|work=Astha Saxena |date=29 December 2022|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

The Margrave's funeral service on 13 January 2023 in the church of [[Salem Abbey]] was attended by numerous representatives from politics, including the minister president of [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Winfried Kretschmann]], and royalty and aristocracy, such as King [[Philippe of Belgium]], Prince [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II of Monaco]] and his sister [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]], [[Prince Hassan bin Talal|Prince Hassan of Jordan]] and the [[Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein|Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein]] as well as the heads or representatives of most of the former ruling houses of Germany. His first cousin King [[Charles III]] was represented by [[Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse]].<ref>''[https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/prominenz-aus-adel-und-politik-trauert-mit-familie-um-max-markgraf-von-baden-100.html Europas Adel nimmt Abschied von Max Markgraf von Baden]'', [[Südwestrundfunk]] ''SWR aktuell'', 13.1.2023</ref>


== Ancestry ==
== Ancestry ==
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|15= 15. [[Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine]]
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== Notes ==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 01:20, 11 December 2024

Not to be confused with his grandfather Prince Maximilian of Baden.

Maximilian
Maximilian in 2017
Head of the House of Baden
Tenure27 October 1963 – 29 December 2022
PredecessorBerthold
SuccessorBernhard
Born(1933-07-03)3 July 1933
Salem, Gau Baden, Nazi Germany
Died29 December 2022(2022-12-29) (aged 89)
Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial13 January 2023
Mimmenhausen Cemetery,
Salem, Germany
Spouse
Archduchess Valerie of Austria
​
​
(m. 1966)​
Issue
HouseBaden
FatherBerthold, Margrave of Baden
MotherPrincess Theodora of Greece and Denmark

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022),[a] also known as Max von Baden, was a German businessman and the head of House of Baden. Through his mother, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, the second sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, he was a first cousin of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom.

Early life and family

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Maximilian was born on 3 July 1933 in Salem. He was the second child and eldest son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden, 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

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Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin, Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (daughter of his maternal aunt, Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), although this was eventually broken off. In 1963, he followed his father as head of the former grand ducal house of Baden, styled HRH The Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen.[1] 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.[2][3]

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, had issue.
  • 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, daughter of Claus Höhne and wife Herlinde or Gerlinde Geiger, without issue.

The Margravine represented the Margrave for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, his aunt, at Westminster Abbey in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Princess Stephanie.

Death

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Maximilian died in Salem Abby on 29 December 2022, at the age of 89.[4] He was succeeded as titular margrave and head of house by his son Bernhard.[5]

The Margrave's funeral service on 13 January 2023 in the church of Salem Abbey was attended by numerous representatives from politics, including the minister president of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, and royalty and aristocracy, such as King Philippe of Belgium, Prince Albert II of Monaco and his sister Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Prince Hassan of Jordan and the Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein as well as the heads or representatives of most of the former ruling houses of Germany. His first cousin King Charles III was represented by Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse.[6]

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^ Although titles of nobility were abolished in Germany in 1919, some titles continued to be used as courtesy titles.

References

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  1. ^ "Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022". Haus Baden. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Heads of the Post-Napoleonic German Ruling Families & their Wives and Heirs Apparent". Theodore's Royalty & Monarchy Site.
  4. ^ "Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022". Haus Baden. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ "King Charles' first cousin, Max Margrave of Baden, dies in Germany". Astha Saxena. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ Europas Adel nimmt Abschied von Max Markgraf von Baden, Südwestrundfunk SWR aktuell, 13.1.2023
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