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House of Zähringen (Baden)

Baden
House of Zähringen

Counts in the Breisgau

962-1061

Margraves of Verona and Counts in the Breisgau

1061-1073

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Berthold I (1000 - 1078) Count of of Zähringen

  • Berthold I (1000 - 1078) Count of of Zähringen, Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona.

Margraviate of Baden

1161–1190

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Hermann IV (1135 – 1190) Margrave of Verona and Margrave of Baden

  • Hermann IV (1135 – 1190) Margrave of Verona and Margrave of Baden from 1160.

Margraviate of Baden

Divided between Baden-Baden (1st creation) and Baden-Hachberg

Baden-Baden (1st creation) 1190–1335

Divided between Baden-Pforzheim 1290–1348 extinct, Baden-Eberstein 1290–1353 extinct

Reunited under Baden-Baden (2nd creation) 1348–1503


Baden-Hachberg 1190–1415 extinct

Divided between Baden-Hachberg 1190–1415 extinct and Baden-Hachberg-Sausenberg 1290–1503 extinct

 Margraviate of Baden

Reunited from Baden-Baden line (2nd creation)

1503–1515

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Christopher I (1453 – 1527) Margrave of Baden

  • Christopher I (1453 – 1527) Margrave of Baden. Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece. Married Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen (c. 1451 –1517) daughter of Philipp II the Younger of Katzenelnbogen. 

Divided between: Baden-Baden (3rd creation), Baden-Sponheim, Baden-Durlach

 Baden-Baden (3rd creation)

1515–1588 extinct

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Bernhard III (1474 – 1536) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • Bernhard III (1474 – 1536) Margrave of Baden-Baden. Founder of the "Bernhardine line" (Catholic) extinct 1771.
  • Philibert (1536 – 1569) Margrave of Baden-Baden.
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Philip II of Baden (1559 – 1588) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • Philip II of Baden (1559 – 1588) Margrave of Baden-Baden.

Baden-Sponheim
1515–1533 extinct

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Philip I (1479 – 1533) Margrave of Baden-Sponheim

  • Philip I (1479 – 1533) Margrave of Baden-Sponheim.

Baden-Rodemachern

1536–1588

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Christoph II (1537 – 1575) Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

  • Christoph II (1537 – 1575) Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. Married Cecilia Vasa of Sweden (1540– 1627) daughter of Gustav I, King of Sweden.
  • Edward Fortunatus (1565 – 1600) Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and from 1588 Margrave of Baden-Baden. See below.

Baden-Baden (4th creation, from Rodemachern line)

1588–1771 extinct

  • Edward Fortunatus (1565 – 1600) Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and from 1588 Margrave of Baden-Baden. Married Maria van Eicken (1571 – 1636) daughter of Joost Van der Eycken.
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William “Türkenlouis” (1593 – 1677) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • William “Türkenlouis” (1593 – 1677) Margrave of Baden-Baden. Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece. Married firstly Ursula of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1610 – 1640) daughter of John George, Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and secondly Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern (1619 - 1688) daughter of Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Baldern.
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Louis William “Jägerlouis”(1655 – 1707) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • Louis William “Jägerlouis”(1655 – 1707) Margrave of Baden-Baden. Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece. Married Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675 – 1733) daughter of Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.
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Louis George (1702 – 1761) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • Louis George (1702 – 1761) Margrave of Baden-Baden. Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece. Knight of the Order of St. Hubertus. Married firstly Princess Maria Anna von Schwarzenberg (1706 – 1755) daughter of Prince Adam Franz von Schwarzenberg and secondly Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (1734 – 1776) daughter of Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor.
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Augustus George (1706 – 1771) Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • Augustus George (1706 – 1771) Margrave of Baden-Baden. Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece. Married Princess Marie Victoire of Arenberg (1714 – 1793) daughter of Léopold Philippe, Duke of Arenberg.

Baden-Durlach (1st creation)

1515–1604 extinct

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Ernest I (1482 – 1553) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Ernest I (1482 – 1553) Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Founder of the "Ernestine" line (Protestant)
  • Bernard IV (1517 – 1553) Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
  • Charles II (1529 – 1577) Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
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Ernest Frederick (1560 – 1604) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Ernest Frederick (1560 – 1604) Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

Divided:

Baden-Durlach-Sausenberg

1577–1604

  • George Frederick (1573 – 1638) Margrave of Baden-Durlach-Sausenberg. See below.

Baden-Durlach-Hachberg

1577–1590 extinct

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James III (1562 – 1590) Margrave of Baden-Durlach-Hachberg

  • James III (1562 – 1590) Margrave of Baden-Durlach-Hachberg

Reunited:

Baden-Durlach (2nd creation, from Sausenberg line)

1604–1771

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George Frederick (1573 – 1638) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • George Frederick (1573 – 1638) Margrave of Baden-Durlach-Sausenberg then Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1604. Married firstly Juliane Ursula of Salm-Neufville (1572 – 1614) daughter of the Frederick, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Neufville, secondly Agathe (1581 – 1621) daughter of George III, Count of Erbach and thirdly morganatically Elisabeth Stolz (d.1652) daughter of Johann Thomas Stolz.
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Frederick V (1594 – 1659) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Frederick V (1594 – 1659) Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Married firstly Barbara of Württemberg (1593 – 1627) daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, secondly Eleonore of Solms-Laubach (1605 – 1633) daughter of Albert Otto Albrecht I, Count of Solms-Laubach, thirdly Maria Elisabeth of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1608 – 1643) daughter of Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, fourthly Anna Maria von Hohen-Geroldseck (1593 – 1649) daughter of Jacob von Hohen-Geroldseck and fifthly Eusebia Elisabeth of Fürstenberg (d. 1676) daughter of Christopher II, Count of Fürstenberg.
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Frederick VI (1617 – 1677) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

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Barons of Munzesheim

  • Frederick VI (1617 – 1677) Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Married firstly Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Kleeburg (1616 – 1662) daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and secondly morganatically Johanna Bayer of Sendau (1636–1699) Their morganatic children took the title Barons of Münzesheim.
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Friedrich VII Magnus (1647 – 1709) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Friedrich VII Magnus (1647 – 1709) Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Married Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649 – 1728) daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.
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Charles III William (1679 – 1738) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Charles III William (1679 – 1738) Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Founder and Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity in 1715.  Married Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677 – 1742) daughter of Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg.
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Charles Frederick (1728 – 1811) Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • Charles Frederick (1728 – 1811) Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Margrave of Baden, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Founder and Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order in 1805. Married firstly Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723 – 1783) daughter of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and secondly morganatically Louise Caroline Geyer von Geyersberg (1768 – 1820) created Baroness von Hochberg in 1787 and Countess of Hochberg in 1796, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Heinrich Philip Geyer von Geyersberg. See below

Margraviate of Baden (Reunited from Baden-Durlach-Sausenberg line)

1771–1803

Margrave of Baden-Durlach

1771–1803

Elector of Baden

1803–1806

Grand Duke of Baden

1806–1918

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Charles Frederick (1728 – 1811) Elector of Baden

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Charles Frederick (1728 – 1811) Grand Duke of Baden

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Counts of Hochberg

  • Charles Frederick (1728 – 1811) Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Margrave of Baden, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Founder of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order in 1805. Married firstly Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723 – 1783) daughter of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and secondly morganatically Louise Caroline Geyer von Geyersberg (1768 – 1820) created Baroness von Hochberg in 1787 and Countess of Hochberg in 1796, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Heinrich Philip Geyer von Geyersberg.
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Charles (1786 – 1818) Grand Duke of Baden

  • Charles (1786 – 1818) Grand Duke of Baden. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Founder and Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion in 1812. Married Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789 – 1860) daughter of Claude de Beauharnais, Comte of Les Roches-Baritaud and Comte de l'Empire. He changed the succession law to give the Hochberg family full dynastic rights in Baden in 1817.
  • Ludwig I (1763 – 1830) Grand Duke of Baden. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Last of his line.
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Leopold (1790 – 1852) Grand Duke of Baden

  • Leopold (1790 – 1852) Grand Duke of Baden. Son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by his second, morganatic wife, Louise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Married Sophie of Sweden (1801 – 1865) daughter of Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden.
  • Louis II (1824 – 1858) Grand Duke of Baden. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Louis suffered from mental illness so his brother Prince Frederick acted as Regent.
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Frederick I (1826 – 1907) Grand Duke of Baden

  • Frederick I (1826 – 1907) The Prince Regent of Baden from 1852 then Grand Duke of Baden from 1856. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Married Princess Louise of Prussia (1838 – 1923) daughter of Wilhelm I, German Emperor.

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 Frederick II (1857 – 1928) Grand Duke of Baden

  • Frederick II (1857 – 1928) Grand Duke of Baden until 1918. Grandmaster of the House Order of Fidelity. Grandmaster of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order. Grandmaster of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Married Princess Hilda Charlotte Wilhelmine of Nassau (1864 – 1952) daughter of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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