Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden

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Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden, September 23, 1625 - Heidelberg, November 4, 1669) was the father of the famous general Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

He was the oldest son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen. Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden was destined to follow in his father's footsteps as Margrave of Baden-Baden, but he died before his father in a hunting accident.

Ferdinand Maximilian married in Paris in 1653 Louise Christine of Savoy-Carignan (1627-1689), aunt of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

The marriage was not succesfull. Louise Christine of Savoy refused to leaved the refined French court and follow her husband to Baden-Baden. Ferdinand Maximilian then abducted his son from Paris and brought him to Baden-Baden. As a consequence Louis William was not raised by his mother, but by his grandfather's second wife Maria Magdalena von Öttingen.

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