Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden

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For the first margrave of Baden of this name, see Frederick I, Margrave of Baden.
Frederick I
File:Friedrich I of Baden.jpg
Grand Duke of Baden
Reign 22 January 1858 – 28 September 1907
Predecessor Louis II
Successor Frederick II
Born (1826-09-09)9 September 1826
Karlsruhe
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Mainau
Spouse Princess Louise of Prussia
Issue
Detail		 Frederick II
Victoria, Queen of Sweden
Prince Louis
Full name
Frederick William Louis
House House of Zähringen
Father Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother Sophie of Sweden
Religion Lutheranism

Frederick I (Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig) (9 September 1826 – 28 September 1907) was the Grand Duke of Baden from 1856 to 1907.

Life

Frederick was born in Karlsruhe, on 9 September 1826. He was the third son of Grand Duke Leopold (1790–1852) and of his wife, Grand Duchess Sophie (1801–1865), who was born Princess of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.

He became the heir presumptive to the Grand Duchy upon the death of his father in 1852[1] and the accession of his brother as Grand Duke Louis II. Due to his brother's mental ill-health, he was Regent ad interim of Baden in 1852–1855, and took the title of Grand Duke in 1856. His brother, Louis II, died in 1858. He was considered a relatively liberal supporter of a constitutional monarchy. During his reign the option of civil marriages was introduced in Baden as well as direct elections to the Lower House of the Parliament of Baden in 1904.[2]

In 1856, he married Princess Louise, daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and his wife, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar.[2] The couple had three children.

The Grand Duke had a pivotal role in the history of the Zionist Movement. In 1896 the Grand Duke met Theodor Herzl (the founder of political Zionism) via their mutual acquaintance the reverend William Hechler, and helped Herzl in obtaining an audience with his nephew, the German Emperor. After some persuasion on the part of the Grand Duke, the Emperor had finally accepted the appeal for an audience and it took place in Palestine in the 2 November 1898, while the Kaiser was in his trip to Palestine to inaugurate the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem.

Frederick I was present at the proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles in 1871,[2] as he was the only son-in-law of the Emperor and one of the reigning sovereigns of Germany. He died at his summer residence at the island of Mainau in southern Germany on 28 September 1907. Today, Mainau is owned by the Lennart Bernadotte-Stiftung (the Lennart Bernadotte Foundation), created by Frederick's great-grandson Count Lennart Bernadotte, (1909–2004).

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden 9 July 1857 9 August 1928 Married Princess Hilda of Luxembourg, no issue.
Queen Victoria of Sweden 7 August 1862 4 April 1930 Married King Gustav V of Sweden, had issue.
Prince Louis of Baden 12 June 1865 23 February 1888 Died unmarried, no issue.

Styles

  • 9 September 1826 - 24 April 1852: His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Frederick of Baden
  • 24 April 1852 - 22 January 1858: His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Regent Frederick of Baden
  • 22 January 1858 - 28 September 1907: His Royal Highness The Grand Duke of Baden

Ancestry

Family of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Duchess Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. John William Friso, Prince of Orange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Christian Heinrich Geyer von Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Ludwig Heinrich, Baron Geyer of Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Christianne Philippa von Thümel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Johann Rudolph von Hedwiger, Count of Sponeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Countess Maximiliana Christiane of Sponeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Wilhelmine Louise von Hoff
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Adolf Frederick of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Gustav III of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Frederick V of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Louise of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Sophie of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (= 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Frederica of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
Born: 9 September 1826 Died: 28 September 1907
German royalty
Preceded by Grand Duke of Baden
1856–1907		 Succeeded by
Frederick II

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