Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
| Louis George | |
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| Margrave of Baden-Baden | |
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| Spouse(s) |
Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria |
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Issue
Elisabeth, Countess of Althann
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| Noble family | House of Zähringen |
| Father | Louis William of Baden-Baden |
| Mother | Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg |
| Born |
7 June 1702 Schloss Ettlingen, Germany |
| Died | 22 October 1761 (aged 59) Schloss Rastatt, Germany |
| Buried | Stiftskirche, Baden-Baden |
Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (German: Ludwig Georg Simpert; 7 June 1702 – 22 October 1761) was the Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1707 until his death in 1761. From 1707 to 1727, his mother Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg was the regent of Baden-Baden. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Augustus George. Because of his passion for hunting, he was nicknamed Jägerlouis (the "hunter Louis").
He was born at the Schloss Ettlingen and was the son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife, Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden from birth, at the death of his father in 1707, he succeeded as Margrave of Baden-Baden at the age of four. As such, his mother was regent of Baden-Baden while he was a minor. He reached his majority on 22 October 1727 at the age of 25.
At the age of 16 years, the young prince in love with Marie Leszczyńska, daughter of the former king of Poland but the couple were never to unite. Marie was later the consort of Louis XV of France. His sister Johanna was later a resident of the French court and wife of Louis d'Orléans, a grandson of their father's enemy Louis XIV.
As an unmarried prince, in the summer of 1720 he and his mother travelled to Prague where he would meet his future spouse (first of two) at the Schloss Hluboka nad Vltavou.
The chosen bride was Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg, a daughter of Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg and Eleonore of Schwarzenberg. His mother travelled to Vienna in order to seek permission from Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. Permission was granted and he married Maria Anna on 8 April 1721 at the Český Krumlov Castle. The couple were the parents of four children, of whom only one survive infancy. As a wedding gift, his mother gave him her hunting lodge at Fremersberg.
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