Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden (September 16, 1626 – Baden-Baden, March 1, 1671) was an Imperial Field Marschal.

He was the second son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen.

A Reichs-generalfeldmarschall in 1664, he fought against Sweden in Pomerania and against the Turks in Hungary. He was Governor of Warasdin in Croatia.

As his elder brother Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden, he died before his father and never ruled Baden-Baden.

Marriage and children

Leopold Wilhelm von Baden married firstly in 1659 with Anna Silvia Caretto, Countess of Millesimo (1607- February 26, 1664). They had no children.

Secondly he married on February 23, 1666 with Countess Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (May 18, 1633 - March 7, 1702), daughter of Count Ernst Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg.
They had 6 children :

  1. Leopold Wilhelm (January 20, 1667 - April 11, 1716) Rastatt
  2. A son (January 20, 1677 - January 20, 1677)
  3. Karl Friedrich Ferdinand (September 14, 1668 - September 14, 1680)
  4. Katharina Franziska (died young)
  5. Henriette died young)
  6. Anna (died young)

Sources

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.