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Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)

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Prussian general and politician

Prince William
Portrait, 1897
Born(1829-12-18)18 December 1829
Karlsruhe,Grand Duchy of Baden
Died27 April 1897(1897-04-27) (aged 67)
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
Burial
Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel, Fasanengarten,Karlsruhe,Baden-Württemberg
Spouse
IssueMarie, Duchess of Anhalt
Prince Maximilian
Names
Louis William Augustus
German:Ludwig Wilhelm August
HouseZähringen
FatherLeopold, Grand Duke of Baden
MotherPrincess Sophie of Sweden

Prince Louis William Augustus of Baden (German:Ludwig Wilhelm August Prinz von Baden;[1] 18 December 1829 – 27 April 1897) was aPrussiangeneral andpolitician.[1] He was the father ofPrince Maximilian of Baden, the lastMinister President of theKingdom of Prussia and lastChancellor of theGerman Empire. Wilhelm was a Prince of Baden, and a member of theHouse of Zähringen.[citation needed]

Family

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Wilhelm was born inKarlsruhe,Grand Duchy of Baden, on 18 December 1829 as the fifth child and third surviving son ofLeopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wifePrincess Sophie of Sweden.[1] Through his father, Wilhelm was a grandson ofCharles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden and his wife Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg and through his mother, a grandson ofGustav IV Adolf of Sweden and his wifeFrederica of Baden.[citation needed]

Wilhelm was a brother ofAlexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha;Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden;Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden; Prince Charles of Baden; Marie, Princess Ernest of Leiningen; andGrand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia.[citation needed]

Military career

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During his brief service in the Baden Federal Contingent (German:Baden Bundescontingente), Wilhelm attained the rank ofLieutenant in 1847 andFirst Lieutenant in 1849.[1] Beginning between 1849 and 1850, he served as a First Lieutenant in the1st Foot Guards (German:1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß)infantryregiment of theRoyal Prussian Army.[1][2] Wilhelm received his formal education in the Prussian Army.[3] From 1856, Wilhelm served asMajor of the Guard Artillery (German:Gardeartillerie) and served as the lastMajor General andCommander of the Guards Artillery Brigade (German:Gardeartilleriebrigade).[1] Wilhelm retired from Prussian military service in 1863 with the rank ofLieutenant General, shortly before his marriage to Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg.[1][3]

Austro-Prussian War

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Monument to Prince Wilhelm inKarlsruhe, sculpted by Hermann Volz.

In 1866, during theAustro-Prussian War between theKingdom of Prussia and theAustrian Empire, Wilhelm assumed command of the Baden Division of the 8th Federal Corps (German:8. Bundeskorps) siding with the Austrian-ledGerman Confederation.[1][2][4][5] The dissolution of the 8th Federal Corps began on 30 July 1866 when Wilhelm sent aflag oftruce along with a letter to the Prussianheadquarters atMarktheidenfeld.[6] The letter stated that Wilhelm's father Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, had entered into direct negotiations withWilhelm I of Prussia and that King Wilhelm I granted the Baden troops permission to return to their homes.[6]

Immediately following the Austro-Prussian War, Wilhelm reformed the army of Baden based upon the Prussian system.[3] Wilhelm andPrince August of Württemberg were the two south German princes who were foremost in securing the union of the Northern and Southern German states.[3][4] On 22 September 1868, Wilhelm announced his resignation from the command of the troops of the Grand Duchy of Baden and was replaced by General Beza.[7]

Franco-Prussian War

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In theFranco-Prussian War of 1870–71, Wilhelm commanded the 1st Baden Brigade in theXIV Corps.[1][2] On 30 October 1870, Wilhelm and GeneralGustav Friedrich von Beyer assailedDijon.[8] The French had transported 10,000 men by rail and the citizens of Dijon, including women, joined in the defense of the city against the Germans.[8] The resistance was not easily subdued and the Germans suffered heavy losses, however according tohistorian Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss, "[Wilhelm] carried the heights of St. Apollinari in gallant style and occupied the suburbs from which the Germans ultimately forced their way into the city where fierce fights from barricade to barricade from house to house lasted till midnight."[8] Dijon was occupied by 24,000 Prussians on 18 January 1870, but was reoccupied by the French after a severe battle, and subsequently retaken by the Prussians on 19 January, during which Wilhelm was shot in hischeek atNuits-Saint-Georges.[1][2][9][10][11]

Post-war career

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In 1895,Kaiser Wilhelm II promoted himà la suite to the Grenadier Regiment (German:Leibgrenadierregimentes) in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Nuits-Saint-Georges.[1] At the same time, Wilhelm II made him knight of theOrder of Pour le Mérite, the Kingdom of Prussia's highest militaryorder.[1]

Wilhelm's final military rank wasGeneral of the Infantry.[1]

Political career

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From a young age, Wilhelm held a seat in the First Chamber of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Baden.[1] From 1871 to 1873, Wilhelm was a representative of Baden in theReichstag of theGerman Empire in which he was a member of the German Imperial Party (German:Deutsche Reichspartei) (also known as theFree Conservative Party).[1]

Marriage and children

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Wilhelm marriedPrincess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Princess Romanovskaja on 11 February 1863 inSaint Petersburg. She was the eldest surviving daughter ofMaximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wifeGrand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia,Russian Empire.[1][2] Upon learning of the marriage,United States PresidentAbraham Lincoln sent a letter to Wilhelm's elder brotherFrederick I, Grand Duke of Baden in which Lincoln stated: "I participate in the satisfaction afforded by this happy event and pray Your Royal Highness to accept my sincere congratulations upon the occasion together with the assurances of my highest consideration."[12] Prior to the marriage, Wilhelm had traveled toEngland as a potentialsuitor ofPrincess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.[13][14]

Wilhelm and Maria had two children:

Candidate for the Greek throne

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The tomb of Prince Wilhelm of Baden in the Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel inKarlsruhe.

Following thedeposition ofOtto of Greece and theGreek head of state referendum of 1862, Wilhelm was considered byWilhelm I of Prussia andOtto von Bismarck as a candidate for thethrone of theKingdom of Greece.[15][16][17] TheRussian Empire's preferred candidate for the Greek throne fluctuated between Nicholas de Beauharnais, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg and Wilhelm, his brother-in-law.[16] As a potential candidate, Wilhelm demanded no renunciations of rights to the Greek throne from King Otto's family in theKingdom of Bavaria.[18] According toThe New York Times on 16 March 1863, then recent purchases of Greekbonds inLondon were the result of a report that Wilhelm was to be formally recommended for the throne.[17]

Later life

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Wilhelm was in attendance at the dedication of the monument toMartin Luther atWorms on 27 June 1868.[19]

Following the death of hisbrother-in-lawErnest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Wilhelm traveled toSchloss Reinhardsbrunn on 23 August 1893 to visit hiswidowed sisterAlexandrine and greet the Duke's successor,Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.[20] He attended the Duke'sfuneral procession and service inCoburg on 28 August 1893.[21][22]

Wilhelm died in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1897 at the age of 67.[1] He wasinterred at the Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel (German:Großherzogliche Grabkapelle) in the Fasanengarten in Karlsruhe.

Honours

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National honours[23]
Foreign honours[23]

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)
8.Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
4.Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
9.Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
2.Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
10. Ludwig Heinrich, Baron Geyer of Geyersberg
5.Baroness Louise Karoline Geyer of Geyersberg
11. Countess Maximiliana Christiane of Sponeck
1.Prince Wilhelm of Baden
12.Gustav III of Sweden
6.Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
13.Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
3.Princess Sophie of Sweden
14.Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
7.Frederica of Baden
15.Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

References

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  16. ^abChristmas, Walter (1998),King George of Greece, Adegi Graphics LLC,ISBN 978-1-4021-7527-5
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