Margrave Charles Louis of Baden
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Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (February 14, 1755 in Karlsruhe--December 16, 1801 in Arboga, Sweden) was heir-apparent of the Margraviate of Baden.
He was the son of Margrave Charles Frederick (who in 1803, after his death, became the elector and in 1806 1st Grand Duke of Baden) and Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (July 11, 1723--April 8, 1783), the daughter of Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Charles Louis married his first cousin Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (June 20, 1754--July 21, 1832, on July 15, 1774. She was the daughter of Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt.
They had seven children:
- Katharina Karoline (July 13, 1776--November 13, 1841) married on March 9, 1797 her maternal aunt's widow, the then Count Palatine Maximilian of Zweibrücken (May 27, 1756--October 13, 1825 as his second wife (and became grandmother of Empress Sisi). In 1799 her husband became Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria, and in 1804 King of Bavaria (her titles accordingly being Duchess, then Electress, then Queen).
- Louise (January 24, 1779--May 16, 1826) married on October 9, 1793 Tsar Alexander I of Russia (December 23, 1777--December 1, 1825).
- Frederica (March 12, 1781--September 25, 1826) married on October 31, 1797 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. They divorced in 1812.
- Marie (September 7, 1782--April 29, 1808) married on November 1, 1802 Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (October 9, 1771--June 16, 1815).
- Charles Frederick (September 13, 1784--March 1, 1785)
- Charles, the future 2nd Grand Duke of Baden (June 8, 1786 in Karlsruhe--December 8, 1818 in Rastatt) married on April 8, 1806 Stéphanie de Beauharnais (August 28, 1789--January 29, 1860).
- Wilhelmine (September 10, 1788--January 27, 1836) married on June 19, 1804 her first cousin Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse (December 26, 1777--June 16, 1848).
Works of history mention that his children succeeded well in marriage market and that the hereditary prince was the force behind that. At the time of his death (which occurred during the visit to his third daughter, the Queen of Sweden), his two elder daughters were, respectively, Electress of Bavaria and the newly ascended Empress of Russia.
