Elisabeth Augusta of Baden-Baden

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elisabeth Augusta of Baden-Baden

Elisabeth Augusta Franziska Eleonore von Baden-Baden (born March 16, 1726 in Rastatt ; † January 7, 1789 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was the last member of the Baden-Baden line of the House of Baden .

Life

Elisabeth was the daughter of Margrave Ludwig Georg and Princess Maria Anna von Schwarzenberg . In 1765, Elisabeth acquired Riegel Castle , which became her summer residence after extensive renovation and expansion. Elisabeth later had a house built in Freiburg and supported the local music scene with a band she financed. She was also a sponsor of the city theater newly built in Freiburg in 1785.

When during the negotiations of the margraves Karl Friedrich and August Georg about the inheritance contract by Catholic circles more and more disruptive maneuvers were started, the Lutheran Karl Wilhelm Eugen von Baden-Durlach - an uncle of Karl Friedrich - converted to Catholicism. He hoped that by marrying Elisabeth Augusta he would come into the possession of the margraviate of Baden-Baden or at least the Bohemian rule of Schlackenwerth. However, since Elisabeth did not consent to the marriage, the plan failed.

In the inheritance contract between Karl Friedrich and August Georg, which was concluded in 1765, August Georg secured an annual allowance of 11,000 guilders for his niece Elisabeth, as long as she remains unmarried and of secular class.

From 1771 she lived mainly in Schlackenwerth , which was administered by Prince Johann von Schwarzenberg - Elisabeth was entitled to the usufruct of the Schlackenwerth estate. Schlackenwerth was one of the goods of the margraves of Baden-Baden that were excluded from the Baden-Baden inheritance contract. According to the inheritance contract signed in 1771, the goods passed to the imperial family when Elisabeth died in 1789.

Origin, marriage and offspring

On February 2, 1775 she married the much younger Michael Wenzel Graf von Althan (* 1743), a chamberlain of the imperial court from an aristocratic family belonging to the Lower Bavarian nobility. The marriage remained childless, so that when Elisabeth died, the Baden-Baden house became extinct.

literature

  • Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . Third part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1769, p. 673 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Heinrich Schreiber: History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau , IV. Theil, Freiburg 1858, p. 360.
  2. ↑ Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Karl Friedrich von Baden - man and legend . Casimir Katz Verlag, Gernsbach 2006, p. 140.
  3. ↑ See Karl Stiefel: Baden 1648-1952 , Volume 1, p. 73.
  4. ↑ See geneall.net . Sometimes a marriage date is given in 1755, but this cannot be due to Michael Wenzel's life data; In addition, in the sources on the Baden-Baden inheritance contract, Elisabeth is still referred to as single in 1765.
personal data
SURNAME Baden-Baden, Elisabeth Augusta from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baden-Baden, Elisabeth Augusta Franziska Eleonore von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden princess
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastatt
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1789
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau