Margravine Auguste of Baden-Baden
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Auguste of Baden-Baden, Duchess of Orléans.
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| Tenure | 13 July 1724 – 8 August 1726 | ||||
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10 November 1704 Schloss Johannisburg, Bavaria |
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| Died | 8 August 1726 (aged 21) Palais-Royal, Paris, France |
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| Burial | 16 August 1726 Val-de-Grâce, Paris |
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| Spouse | Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans | ||||
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Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans Louise Marie, Mademoiselle |
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| Father | Louis William of Baden-Baden | ||||
| Mother | Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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French: Auguste Marie Jeanne German: Auguste Marie Johanna |
Auguste of Baden-Baden (Auguste Marie Johanna; 10 November 1704 – 8 August 1726) was born a member of the ruling family of Baden-Baden and was later the Duchess of Orléans by marriage to Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans. Her husband was a grandson of her father's former enemy, Louis XIV of France. Known in France as Auguste de Bade, she died in childbirth. She is an ancestor of Louis Philippe I and of several members of royal families of Europe, such as the Spanish and Italian royal families, as well as the present Grand Duke of Luxemburg.
Auguste was born in Aschaffenburg as the ninth child of the imperial army commander Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and of his wife Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, who was twenty years younger than her husband. After her father's death in 1707, her mother Sibylle became regent of the Margraviate for Auguste's brother, Louis George.
Her mother was a great patron of the arts, making Baden-Baden a centre of architectural culture. Between the years of her mother's Regency (1707–1727) Sibylle ordered the construction of some four palaces in the state as well as two churches. Auguste saw the construction of the Schloss Favorite in Rastatt.
Her aunt Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg was the Grand Duchess of Tuscany as wife of Gian Gastone de' Medici, her husbands own distant cousin. The Italian born Prince of Carignan was also a distant cousin and was a resident at the French. Auguste was the youngest of nine children and was the only daughter to survive over the age of seven. She had one older brother, Louis George (1702–1761) the future Margrave of Baden-Baden and a younger one, Augustus George who was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1761–1771 succeeding his brother.
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