Edward Fortunatus
| Edward Fortunatus of Baden | |
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Edward Fortunatus of Baden
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| Spouse(s) | Maria van Eicken |
| Noble family | House of Zähringen |
| Father | Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern |
| Mother | Cecilia Vasa |
| Born |
17 September 1565 London |
| Died | 8 June 1600 (aged 34) Castle Kastellaun |
Edward Fortunatus (or in German Eduard Fortunat) of Baden (17 September 1565 – 8 June 1600) was Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Baden-Baden.
Born in London, Edward was the son of Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Swedish Princess Cecilia Vasa. He received his name from Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was his godmother. He spent his first year at Hampton Court Palace, England.
When his father died in 1575, he became the Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. His guardian, Duke William V of Bavaria, gave him a Catholic upbringing and in 1584 he converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism, as his mother had already done.
The strife between Catholics and Protestants divided Edward's family, and on 18 November 1589 he hosted a colloquoy in the Town Hall at Baden to discuss the relative claims of Catholicism (represented by Johann Pistorius), Lutheranism (represented by Andreä and Jacob Heerbrand), and Calvinism, represented by Schyrius, but it caused only a hardening of viewpoints.
On 13 March 1591 in Brussels he made a non-church marriage with Maria van Eicken (1569 - 21 April 1636), daughter of Joos vander Eycken, the Governor of Breda, which he regularised only on 14 May 1593, after she had borne him a daughter. They ultimately had four children but due in part to his wife's lesser antecedents they were never recognised as his heirs by Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, who succeeded him.
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