Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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Ernest Frederick of Baden-Durlach (born 17 October 1560 in
Life
Ernest Frederick was the eldest son of the Margrave
The regency 1577–1584
After his father's death, a regency council was formed, consisting of his mother Anna, Elector Palatine
The division of territories
Ernest Frederick and Charles II's second oldest son,
His younger brothers James and George Frederick also received parts of the country, so that the land was further divided beyond the existing division into Baden-Durlach, Baden-Baden. The Margraviate of Baden-Hachberg fell back to Ernest Frederick in 1590 after James's death. His youngest brother George Frederick was able to reunite the whole Margraviate of Baden-Durlach after's Ernest Frederick's death.
Marriage
Margrave Ernest Frederick married on 21 December 1585 Anna of East Frisia (26 June 1562 – 21 April 1621), the daughter of Count Edzard II of East Frisia and widow of his guardian. The marriage produced no children.
Ancestors
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Footnotes
- ^ Baumann, p. 21-22