Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, has died

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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian,_Margrave_of_Baden

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.

Schloss Salem - that is where the Margraves of Baden live in our times.

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In 1933, Prince Philip was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, a school that allowed him to “save school fees” because it was owned by the family of his brother-in-law, Berthold, Margrave of Baden. With the rise of Nazism in Germany during this time, Salem’s Jewish founder, Kurt Hahn, fled persecution and founded Gordonstoun School in Scotland. At the age of 13, Philip moved to Gordonstoun after finishing two terms at Salem.

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https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/philip/rem...ol-days-158468/

And there also is a famous winery there, called: "Weingut Markgraf von Baden Schloss Salem". :)

Some more info about the little known Margrave of Baden:

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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:

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/12/29/...grave-of-baden/ <<<<<<

Here is some info about the little known land of Baden:

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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden

And here is a map:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duch...(1819-1945).png <<<<<<

the new Margrave of Baden:

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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard,_Margrave_of_Baden

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/maxi...s-died.1057986/

Maybe they will now delete my thread there.

As it happened, I went to Baden-Baden today to have a look at my meadow plus orchard plus vineyard there - in the beautiful bright sunshine of the January winter sun.
And I also had a look at the Castle of Hohenbaden, the ancient home of the House of Baden.

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AN AWE-INSPIRING STRUCTURE
HOHENBADEN OLD CASTLE
Crowning the hills of the Black Forest encircling Baden-Baden, the three castles once defended the ruling house of Baden's most prized territory. Today, their ruins offer marvellous views of the breathtaking countryside.

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More - with pictures:

https://www.altes-schlosshohenbaden.de/en/castle

Now I wonder where Margrave Max von Baden will be buried.
Maybe under a pyramid? :)

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KARLSRUHE CITY CHURCH
In 1816, architect Friedrich Weinbrenner completed the Protestant city church on the Marktplatz in Karlsruhe: Now there was a burial place close to the palace. The construction of the church also reshaped the Marktplatz. The old Konkordien church, where the grave of Margrave Karl Wilhelm was located, was also torn down. The replacement was the pyramid that can still be seen today, both the grave of and a memorial to the founder of the city, who died in 1738.

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https://www.grabkapelle-karlsruhe.de/en/...ing/collections

Let me tell you something about the country of Baden.

Names like Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia are better known.
Baden is a late-comer among the German countries.
Created by Napoleon and too small to be of any danger, but big enough to be helpful for Napoleon, as it is said.
Napoleon lumped together lots of tiny principalities to form a thin stretch along the River Rhine to form the Grand Duchy of Baden.

I think most of its citizen were not really pleased when they found themselves to be citizens of Baden - in the beginning.
But Baden became quite popular in the course of time.
It usually had good government - for the people and by the people.
"Musterländle" became its nickname = "ideal little country".

Now Baden no longer exists as a country.
It has become part of Baden-Württemberg.
But still most people know whether they are Badeners or Württembergers.
And the fact that there still is a "Margrave of Baden" helps to preserve the identity of Baden.