Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden
Margrave Leopold Wilhelm von Baden (born September 16, 1626 ; † March 1, 1671 in Baden-Baden ) was Imperial Field Marshal .
He is the second son of Margrave Wilhelm von Baden and Katharina Ursula von Hohenzollern-Hechingen .
He was Reich Field Marshal General , in Pomerania he fought against the Swedes , in Hungary he fought against the Turks . He was governor of Varasdin in Croatia .
Marriages and offspring
Leopold Wilhelm von Baden's first marriage was in 1659 with Anna Silvia Caretto , Countess von Millesimo (* 1607; † February 26, 1664). The marriage remained childless. Through this marriage, the margravate of Baden acquired extensive estates in Bohemia .
The second marriage of Leopold Wilhelm von Baden was on February 23, 1666 with Countess Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (* May 18, 1633 - March 7, 1702), the daughter of Count Ernst Egon VIII von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg . The following children were born from the marriage:
- Leopold Wilhelm (born January 20, 1667 - † April 11, 1716) Rastatt
- Son (January 20, 1677 - January 20, 1677)
- Karl Friedrich Ferdinand (14 September 1668 - 14 September 1680)
- Katharina Franziska († died young)
- Henriette († died young)
- Anna († died young)
Leopold Wilhelm was an uncle of the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden-Baden , known as the Türkenlouis.
See also
literature
- Adolf Schinzl: Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 369 f.
- Hans Schmidt: Leopold Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 270 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . Third part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1769, p. 429–446 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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| SURNAME | Baden-Baden, Leopold Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baden, Leopold Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | imperial field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1626 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1671 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |