Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Duke of Baden from 1818 to 1830
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| Grand Duke of Baden | |
| Reign | 8 December 1818 – 30 March 1830 |
| Predecessor | Charles I |
| Successor | Leopold I |
| Born | (1763-02-09)9 February 1763 Karlsruhe |
| Died | 30 March 1830(1830-03-30) (aged 67) Karlsruhe |
| House | Zähringen |
| Father | Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden |
| Mother | Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Ludwig I (9 February 1763 – 30 March 1830) succeeded as Grand Duke of Baden on 8 December 1818. He was the uncle of his predecessor Karl Ludwig Friedrich, and his death marked the end of the Zähringen line of the House of Baden. He was succeeded by his half brother, Leopold.
He secured the continued existence of the University of Freiburg in 1820, after which the university was called the Albert-Ludwig University. He also founded the Polytechnic Hochschule Karlsruhe in 1825. The Hochschule is the oldest technical school in Germany.
Ludwig's death in 1830 led to many rumors. His death also meant the extinction of his line of the Baden family. The succession then went to the children of the morganatic second marriage of Grand Duke Karl Friedrich and Louise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg, who was created Countess of Hochberg in the Austrian nobility at the personal request of Karl Friedrich.
After Ludwig's death, there was much discussion about a mysterious seventeen-year-old man named Kaspar Hauser, who had appeared seemingly out of nowhere in 1828. Seventeen years previously, the first son of the future Grand Duke Karl and his French wife Stéphanie de Beauharnais died under what were later portrayed as mysterious circumstances. There was at the time and still is today (in 2007) speculation that Hauser, who died (perhaps murdered) in 1833, was that child.
Working together with architect Friedrich Weinbrenner, Ludwig is responsible for most of the classical revival buildings in the city center and for building the pyramid.
Ludwig had one surviving illegitimate daughter by his mistress Katharina Werner (created Countess of Langenstein and Gondelsheim in 1818), Countess Louise von Langenstein und Gondelsheim (1825–1900) who married in 1848 Swedish aristocrat Carl Israel, Count Douglas (1824–1898).
Ancestry
References
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 38.
Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden Born: February 9 1763 Died: March 30 1830 | ||
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| Preceded by | Grand Duke of Baden 1818–1830 | Succeeded by |
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The generations indicate descent from Charles Frederick, the first Grand Duke of a united Baden. Only princes notable enough for standalone articles are included. Later generations do not legally hold a title due to the abolition of the monarchy in 1918.
- Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
- Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
- Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
- Prince Wilhelm
*Titular prince of Baden due to the 1918 German Revolution
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