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- In Baden, Herman II had Hohenbaden Castle built. Construction began about 1100, and when completed in 1112, he marked the occasion by adopting the title of a Margrave of Baden.
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In 1112, the title of Margrave of Baden was first used. 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.
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The Margraviate of Baden (German: Markgrafschaft Baden) was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Spread along the right banks of the Upper Rhine in south-western Germany, it was named a margraviate in 1112 and existed until 1535, when it was split into the two margraviates of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden.
Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden (born 27 May 1970), styled Margrave of Baden and Duke of Zähringen, [a] is the head of the House of Baden since 29 December 2022 following the death of his father, Maximilian. [1] He is a first cousin once removed of King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
Charles III William, margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1709 to 1738, founded Karlsruhe as his capital. Baden was reunited under his grandson Charles Frederick, who was margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1738 to 1811 and of Baden-Baden from 1771, when its line became extinct.
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Jun 14, 2022 · In 1112 the title of Margrave of Baden was first used. The House of Zähringen became the dominant family in Baden for about a century, when the main line died out in 1218 and much of its territory reverted to the crown.
Jan 4, 2023 · The Margrave of Baden, a German first cousin of King Charles II and nephew of the late Duke of Edinburgh, has died aged 89 after a long illness, it has been announced.
Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Karl Friedrich inherited the branch of Baden-Baden in 1771, became elector of Baden in 1803 and Grand-Duke in 1806. His first marriage, in 1751, was to Princess Caroline de Hesse-Darmstadt (1723-1783).
