William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
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Margrave William of Baden-Baden (30 July 1593 – 22 May 1677) was the ruler of Baden-Baden between 1621 and 1677.
Life
Born in
He raised his grandson and successor Ludwig Wilhelm.
Wilhelm only received the Regency of Baden after the victory of
During the Regency of Wilhelm, Baden suffered from a terrible witch-hunt. Between 1626 and 1631, some 244 people, mostly women, were charged and 231 were condemned and burned in the Baden-Baden witch trials.[1]
In 1631, Wilhelm lost Baden to the Swedish General Gustav Horn and regained control only after the Peace of Prague (1635) and the Peace of Westphalia on 24 October 1648. During this fighting, Wilhelm was taken prisoner, but not recognized and released as an ordinary soldier.
He died in Baden-Baden in 1677.
Family
First marriage: Wilhelm married on 13 October 1624 Princess
- Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625–1669), father of the famous general Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
- Leopold Wilhelm (1626–1671), Imperial field marshal
- Philipp Siegmund (1627–1647), Knight Hospitaller
- William Christopher (1628–1652), Canon at Cologne
- Hermann (1628–1691)
- Bernhard (1629–1648)
- Isabella Eugenie Klara (1630–1632)
- Catharina Franziska Henriette (1631–1691), a nun
- Claudia (1633–1633)
- Henriette (1634–1634)
- Anna (1634–1708)
- Maria (1636–1636)
- Francis (1637–1637)
- Maria Juliane (1638–1638)
Second marriage: Wilhelm I married in 1650 Countess Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern (1619–31 August 1688), daughter of Count Ernst of Oettingen-Baldern.
- Philipp Franz Wilhelm (1652–1655)
- Maria Anna Wilhelmine (1655–1701), married Ferdinand August, Prince of Lobkowicz
- Karl Bernhard (1657–1678), KIA at Rheinfelden
- Eva
- Maria
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References
- ^ Martin Burkart: Hexen und Hexenprozesse in Baden. Durmersheim 2009.
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