Karl Ludwig of Baden
Karl Ludwig (born February 14, 1755 in Karlsruhe , † December 16, 1801 in Arboga , Sweden ) was Hereditary Prince of Baden . Since he died before his father, Karl Friedrich von Baden , he never came to power. By marrying his daughters with crowned heads, he became “Europe's father-in-law”.
Life
Karl Ludwig was the eldest son of Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden (1728–1811) and Karoline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt (1723–1783), the daughter of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt . Karl Ludwig is described as obese and sickly. Karl Ludwig stood in the shadow of his father all his life. From 1773, however, he took part in the meetings of the Privy Council in Karlsruhe. In 1795 he became General-Feldzeugmeister of the Swabian Empire . After the marriage of his daughter Luise to the Russian heir to the throne Alexander , he was also given the rank of Russian infantry general.
In 1801 Karl Ludwig and Amalie visited their daughter Louise, who was now the Russian tsarina as Elisabeth Alexejewna. On the journey home from Russia he also visited his daughter Friederike , the Queen of Sweden. The return journey to Germany began on December 15 from Gripsholm Castle , with the traveling car sliding and tipping over just before Arboga. Karl Ludwig suffered a stroke. He was taken to Arboga, where he died on December 16 after being unconscious for twelve hours. Buried on January 17, 1802 in the Riddarholmskyrkan in Stockholm . Only his heart was buried in the castle church in Pforzheim .
Marriage and offspring
Karl Ludwig married his cousin Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt (* June 20, 1754, † July 21, 1832), the daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IX , in Darmstadt on July 15, 1774 . from Hessen-Darmstadt . The following children were born from the marriage:
- Amalie Christiane (1776–1823), unmarried
- Friederike Karoline Wilhelmine (1776–1841)
- ⚭ 1797 King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825)
- Luise Marie Auguste (1779–1826)
- ⚭ 1793 Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825)
- Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine (1781–1826)
- ⚭ October 31, 1797 (divorced 1812) King Gustav IV of Sweden (1778–1837)
- Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine (7 September 1782 - 20 April 1808)
- ⚭ 1802 Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815)
- Karl Friedrich (born September 13, 1784; † March 1, 1785)
- Karl Ludwig Friedrich (1786–1818) became Hereditary Prince in 1801 after his father's death and Grand Duke of Baden after his grandfather's death in 1811
- ⚭ 1806 Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789–1860)
- Wilhelmine Luise (1788–1836)
- ⚭ 1804 Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse (1777–1848)
ancestors
| Charles III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach (1679–1738) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Hereditary Prince of Baden (1703–1732) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677–1742) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden (1728–1811) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Wilhelm Friso of Nassau-Dietz (1687–1711) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Charlotte Amalie of Nassau-Dietz-Oranien (1710–1777) | |||||||||||||
| Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel (1688–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Ludwig of Baden | |||||||||||||
| Ernst Ludwig Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt , (1667–1739) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1723–1783) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau (1665–1736) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731) | |||||||||||||
See also
literature
- Friedrich von Weech: Badische Biographien - first part , Heidelberg 1875, S. 18/19 online on the homepage of the Badische Landesbibliothek
- Hans Müller: Badische Fürstenbildnisse , second volume, Karlsruhe 1893 online in the Baden state library
- Johann Christian Sachs: Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . Fifth part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1773, p. 404–405 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Entry on discover regional studies online - leobw; Oil painting with a short biography
- Entry in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
- Search result for search in the Badische Landesbibliothek for: Authors / Participants = Karl Ludwig <Baden, Hereditary Prince> and Collection = In-house digitization
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Karl Friedrich von Baden, Gernsbach 2006, pp. 265/266
- ↑ s. Müller
- ↑ The departure from Karlsruhe took place on June 13, 1801 and on July 23 they were near St. Petersburg; the stay in Russia lasted about two months
- ↑ Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Karl Friedrich von Baden, Gernsbach 2006, p. 266
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karl Ludwig of Baden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hereditary Prince of Baden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1801 |
| Place of death | Arboga , Sweden |