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Louise of Savoy. Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (German: Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis ("Turkish Louis") for his numerous victories against Ottoman forces.
Biography. Ludwig Wilhelm, margrave of Baden-Baden. Only son of Ferdinand Maximilian. From 1689, commander of the Imperial army in the war against the Ottomans, in the War of the Grand Alliance and in the War of the Spanish Succession.
A DISAPPOINTED WAR HERO LUDWIG WILHELM VON BADEN-BADEN. LUDWIG WILHELM VON BADEN-BADEN. As a war hero, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden (1655–1707) garnered great praise. Simultaneously, he was a ruling sovereign and, in Sibylla Augusta, had a wife who loved him. And yet, he was in no way satisfied with his political success when he ...
For most of the early modern period, the Margraviate of Baden was divided into two parts, one ruled by the Catholic Margraves of Baden-Baden, and the other by the Protestant Margraves of Baden-Durlach. In 1771, the main Baden-Baden line became extinct, and all of the Baden lands came under the rule of the Baden-Durlach line. The reunited ...
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Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (German: Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis ("Turkish Louis") for his numerous victories against Ottoman forces. After his death in 1707, his wife, Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, acted as regent of Baden ...
It symbolizes the palace's builder, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden, who ruled between 1677 and 1707. In 1700, he was the first prince on the Upper Rhine to decide to build a modern residence, in place of the previously started hunting lodge.
Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden, genannt der Türkenlouis (* 8. April 1655 in Paris; † 4. Januar 1707 in Rastatt ), war Markgraf der Markgrafschaft Baden-Baden, Bauherr des Rastatter Schlosses, Generalleutnant aller kaiserlichen Truppen und ein siegreicher Feldherr in den Türkenkriegen.
