- Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
Karl Ludwig Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden (
July 8 ,1786 inKarlsruhe -December 8 ,1818 inRastatt ) became ruler of Baden onJune 10 ,1811 and ruled until his death.His father was
Karl Ludwig of Baden , the heir to theMargraviate of Baden , which was raised to agrand duchy after the dissolution of theHoly Roman Empire in 1806. His mother was Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, the daughter ofLudwig IX of Hesse-Darmstadt . He was the brother-in-law of the rulers of Bavaria, Russia and Sweden. His eldest sister Karoline was thequeen consort ofMaximilian I of Bavaria , his second eldest sister Luise was theEmpress consort ofAlexander I of Russia and his third eldest sister Friederike was the queen consort ofGustav IV Adolf of Sweden .Karl was 25 years old when he became the Grand Duke. He succeeded his grandfather Karl Friedrich upon the latters death, as Karl's father had died in 1801 during a trip to
Sweden .Events that occurred during his reign
* The end of Napoléon I's rule and the
Congress of Vienna , which confirmed the territorial gains Baden had made during the Napoleonic era.
* 1818 The passing of a new, liberal constitution
* The height ofFriedrich Weinbrenner 's career
* 1817 The start of the administration of the Rhine byJohann Gottfried Tulla
* The premiere of thevelocipede byKarl Drais Marriage and family
Hereditary Prince Karl was married in
Paris onApril 8 ,1806 ,Stéphanie de Beauharnais (August 28 ,1789 -January 29 ,1860 ), daughter of Claude de Beauharnais and the adopted daughter of Napoléon I of France. They had the following children:* Luise (
June 5 ,1811 -July 19 ,1854 ) married her first cousin Gustav of Sweden (November 9 ,1799 -August 4 ,1877 ) onNovember 9 ,1830 .
* "Unnamed son" (September 29 ,1812 -October 16 ,1812 ), suspected to be unrelated and the actual child to beKaspar Hauser
* Josephine (October 21 ,1813 -June 19 ,1900 ) married Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (September 7 ,1811 -June 2 ,1885 ) onOctober 21 ,1834 .
* Alexander (May 1 ,1816 -May 8 ,1817 )
* Marie (October 11 ,1817 -October 17 ,1888 ) marriedWilliam Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (February 15 ,1811 -July 15 ,1863 ) onFebruary 23 ,1843 As Grand Duke Charles did not have any surviving male children, upon his death he was succeeded by his uncle Louis I. It has been speculated that the foundling
Kaspar Hauser was his son, and therefore the actual hereditary prince.
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