Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Margrave Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden (German: Leopold Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden-Baden; 16 September 1626 in Baden-Baden; 1 March 1671 in Warasdin) was Field Marschal of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
Life
He was the second son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen. He was also the uncle of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
The first Reichs-Generalfeldmarschall of the Reichsarmee in 1664, he fought against Sweden in Pomerania and against the Turks in Hungary at the Battle of Saint Gotthard . He was Governor and head of the General staff in Warasdin, Croatia, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire (1198–1806).
As his elder brother Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden, he died before his father and never ruled Baden-Baden.
Marriage and children
Leopold Wilhelm von Baden married firstly in 1659 with Anna Silvia Caretto, Countess of Millesimo (1607 – February 26, 1664). They had no children.
Secondly he married on February 23, 1666 with Countess Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (May 18, 1633 – March 7, 1702), daughter of Ernst Egon VIII, Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg.
They had 6 children:
- Leopold Wilhelm (January 20, 1667 – April 11, 1716)
- A son (January 20, 1667 – January 20, 1677)
- Karl Friedrich Ferdinand (September 14, 1668 – September 14, 1680)
- Katharina Franziska (b. 1669 and died young)
- Henriette (b. 1669 and died young)
- Anna (b. 1670 and died young)