Maximilian Andreas Margrave of Baden

Maximilian Andreas Margrave of Baden and his wife Valerie Isabella Margravine von Baden in July 2017 in front of the Market Church of Hanover as wedding guests of Ekaterina Malysheva and Ernst August Prince of Hanover

Maximilian Andreas Margrave of Baden , also called Max von Baden (born July 3, 1933 in Salem ) is a German entrepreneur and has been head of the Baden company since 1963 . As such, he calls himself completely Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen .

Life

Max Margrave of Baden and Sophie Princess of Prussia at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg (2011)

Max von Baden is the son of Berthold Margrave of Baden and Theodora of Greece . He attended the Schloss Salem school . After graduating from high school, he did his military service as a reserve officer candidate in the Bundeswehr . Today he is Colonel of the Reserve.

Signatures of the couple in 2007

Since September 30, 1966, Max von Baden has been with Valerie Isabella Habsburg-Lothringen (born May 23, 1941) from the former Austrian Imperial and Hungarian Royal House of Habsburg-Lothringen , the daughter of Hubert Salvator Habsburg-Lothringen (1894–1971) and Rosemary zu Salm-Salm and granddaughter of Franz Salvator of Austria-Tuscany , married.

His mother was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , making him a first cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales , and his siblings.

Among other things, he is the owner of the wineries of the Margrave of Baden, which his eldest son Bernhard Prinz von Baden has been managing since 1998 . After Maximilian's death, he was also to become head of the Baden family.

Max von Baden has four children:

• Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte Princess of Baden (born July 3, 1969 in Salem) ∞ Richard Dudley Baker (born March 30, 1936 in Biddeford, USA) in September 1999; has lived in the USA since the wedding. On March 1, 2001, their daughter Sofia Baker was born.
• Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft Prince of Baden (born May 27, 1970 in Salem)
• Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert Prince of Baden (born October 1, 1971 in Salem)
• Michael Max Andreas Prince of Baden (born March 11, 1976 in Salem)

Max von Baden was temporarily active in almost fifty associations and clubs, from the Rhine Shipping Association to the German Red Cross. At the German Red Cross (DRK) he is a member of the honorary council of the Baden regional association. He shied away from the public eye before handing over the administration to his son. He is particularly closely connected to the work in the DRK and regularly takes part in meetings.

ancestors

Wilhelm Prince of Baden (1829-1897)

Max von Baden (1867-1929)

Maria Maximilianowna von Leuchtenberg (1841–1914)

Berthold von Baden (1906–1963)

Ernst August (II) of Hanover (1845–1923)

Maria-Luise of Hanover-Cumberland (1879–1948)

Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933)

Maximilian of Baden

George I, King of Greece (1845–1913)

Andrew of Greece (1882–1944)

Olga Konstantinovna Romanowa (1851–1926)

Theodora of Greece (1906–1969)

Ludwig von Battenberg (Mountbatten) (1854–1921)

Alice von Battenberg (1885–1969)

Viktoria of Hessen-Darmstadt (1863–1950)

Web links

Commons : Maximilian, Margrave of Baden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Maximilian Margrave of Baden in the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg
• Rüdiger Bäßler: The lock has to go. In: Die Zeit 47/2007 of November 15, 2007 ( digitized at ZEIT online)
• Homepage of the wineries Margrave of Baden

Notes and individual references

1. ^ The official name according to a registration information from July 21, 2010 is Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst-August Bernhard Margrave of Baden
2. ^ Haus Baden, excerpt from Paul Theroff's Online Gotha
3. ↑ 3rd July 2013: 80th birthday of the Margrave of Baden of the website corona: Messages for Monarchists

predecessor	Office	successor
Berthold of Baden	Head of Baden since 1963	---