Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, has died

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Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, has died

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022), also known as Max von Baden, was a German businessman and the head of House of Baden. Through his mother, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, the second sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, he was a first cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
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Most of you will not even know that he ever existed.
But he is not as un-important as all that.
King Charles III of the United Kingdom is his first cousin. Maximilian is related to most of the nobility in Europa.
It will be interesting to see how many of them will come to his funeral.

In Germany, all the nobility has abdicated after the First World War.
Else Maximilian would have been the Grand-Duke of the Grand-Duchy of Baden - until yesterday.

Our regional newspaper "Badische Neueste Nachrichten = Newest News of the Land of Baden" expects these persons to attend the funeral celebrations:

King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the UK
Kings and Queens of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain
Prince of Monaco and Prince of Liechtenstein.

We'll see.

There are especially good reasons for the Queen Silvia of Sweden and Queen Sophia of Spain to attend.
 
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The family was represented by his wife, Archduchess Valerie of Austria at the Queen's funeral in September. Prince Bernhard also attended with his wife, Stephanie.

A statement from the House of Baden said: 'Max Margrave of Baden died in the early morning hours of December 29, 2022 in Salem Castle.

'Since 1963, Max Margrave of Baden was head of the house at the head of the formerly ruling Grand Ducal Baden Princely House, which from 1112 to 1918 provided the sovereigns in the Baden part of today's federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
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More - with pictures:

www.dailymail.co.uk

King Charles's first cousin, Maximilian, dies aged 89

The aristocrat, who was the nephew of Prince Philip through his sister, Theodora of Greece and Denmark, died aged 89 at Schloss Salem near Lake Constance in Germany.
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Some more info about the little known Margrave of Baden:

Upon the death of his father in 1963, Prince Max became the Margrave of Baden and Head of the House of Zähringen. The Royal Family had extensive agricultural, forestry and industrial holdings, as well as at least three castles, the most prominent of which is Schloss Salem, and the extensive collection of the Grand Ducal House of Baden, which they managed to retain despite financial troubles in the 1990s. Margrave Max led the industrialisation and internationalisation of the Markgräflich Badischen Verwaltung from the 1960s, and after the financial hardships of the 1990s, had stabilised it by his 65th Birthday in 1998, when control of the estates was passed to Hereditary Prince Bernhard. Involved with over 60 clubs and associations, the Margrave founded ‘GermanAid-Baden’, a non-profit organization to support refugees in need in the third world, gaining particular attention for services to Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.
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More - with many pictures:

royalwatcherblog.com

Max, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, the Margrave of Baden, the nephew of the late Duke of Edinburgh and Head of the House of Zähringen, has passed away at Schloss Salem, at the age of 89
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Here is some info about the little known land of Baden:

Baden came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subsequently split into various smaller territories that were unified in 1771. In 1803 Baden was raised to Electoral dignity within the Holy Roman Empire. Upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, Baden became the much-enlarged Grand Duchy of Baden. In 1815 it joined the German Confederation. During the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, Baden was a centre of revolutionist activities. In 1849, in the course of the Baden Revolution, it was the only German state that became a republic for a short while, under the leadership of Lorenzo Brentano. The revolution in Baden was suppressed mainly by Prussian troops.

The Grand Duchy of Baden remained a sovereign country until it joined the German Empire in 1871. After the revolution of 1918, Baden became part of the Weimar Republic as the Republic of Baden.
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Grand Duchy of Baden - Wikipedia

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And here is a map:

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the new Margrave of Baden, Bernhard von Baden:

A commercial lawyer by training, he studied business administration and law in Hamburg and Switzerland. Prince Bernhard manages the family estates including Staufenberg Castle and the margravine wineries dedicated to preserving the grape variety Müller-Thurgau. [6] In the years 2000-2009 he oversaw the transfer of many family assets, including Eberstein Castle and parts of Schloss Salem to the German state in order to stabilise the family's finances.

Through his paternal grandmother, Princess Theodora, Bernhard was a grandnephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke often went to Germany to shoot with the family.[7] In 2021, Bernhard was one of only 30 mourners at his granduncle's funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.[8][9] He also attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London, on 19 September, 2022, with his mother and his wife.

Following the death of his father, Maximilian on 29 December 2022, he became Head of the House of Baden and subsequently Margrave of Baden.
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I have now had a quick look at other names here.
Lots of them I do not know.
Are others also asked if their topic is about a celebrity?
 
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I don't mind this thread (because I confess I do follow such news and like to read biographies) but would like more to discuss.I don't know much about this particular person or his family. I assume his son was at Philip's funeral?
 
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Sferics said:
He is not well known in Germany.
Would you like to explain a little bit, so there is something to talk about?
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OK!

He is not really well known.
But he stands symbolically for the good old country of Baden.

In a way like Queen Elizabeth stood symbolically for good old England.

He is of emotional value.

I will explain more later.
 
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