Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
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Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (August Georg Simpert; 14 January 1706,
Biography
Born at the
In 1707 his father died and his older brother
.In 1727, his brother gained his majority, and his mother left the administration of the state to him. His mother died in 1733 after she had been a popular ruler.
In 1735, he left the church, and married Princess
At the death of his brother in 1761 aged 59, Augustus George succeeded him, as Louis George had had no male issue, and
At his death in 1771 he was succeeded by Charles Frederick and the
He died at the Schloss Rastatt at 65.
During the reign of August Georg, a school order, a fire insurance fund was introduced and a widow. He also set up in honour of his father, the Turks Louis, the "Tuerckische chamber in the castle of Rastatt, where the Ottoman spoils were kept.
While Augustus George has been described as childless by some accounts, it is extremely reasonable that he had at least one daughter, if not more children. This daughter, Mary Bowman, had been arranged to marry a wealthy duke but had instead run off to the United States with her father's steward, John Croft/Krafft. She was born sometime between the years of ~1737-1731, and passed away in the early 19th century in Stillwater, Saratoga.
His wife outlived him until 1793. He was buried at the Stiftskirche in Baden-Baden beside his wife.[3]
Ancestors
| Ancestors of Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach | | |||||||||||||||
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| 30. John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Amalie of Nassau-Siegen | ||||||||||||||||
| 31. Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg | ||||||||||||||||
References
- Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Grand Duke of Baden
- ^ "Burial of the Margraves of Baden-Baden". royaltyguide.nl. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 36.
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