Maximilian of Baden
| Prince Maximilian of Baden | |
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8th Chancellor of Germany German Empire
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In office 3 October – 9 November 1918 |
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| Monarch | Wilhelm II |
| Preceded by | Georg von Hertling |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich Ebert |
| 19th Minister President of Prussia | |
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In office 3 October – 9 November 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Georg von Hertling |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich Ebert |
| Foreign minister of Prussia | |
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In office 3 October – 9 November 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Georg von Hertling |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
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Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm 10 July 1867 Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden |
| Died | 6 November 1929 (aged 62) Salem, Germany |
| Political party | None |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Marie Louise of Hanover |
| Children |
Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden Berthold, Margrave of Baden |
| Parents |
Prince William of Baden Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Margrave of Baden (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929), also known as Max von Baden, was a German prince and politician. He was heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden and in October and November 1918 briefly served as Chancellor of the German Empire. He sued for peace on Germany's behalf at the end of World War I based on U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, which included immediately transforming the government into a parliamentary system and proclaiming the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II.
Born in Baden-Baden on 10 July 1867, Maximilian was a member of the House of Baden, the son of Prince Wilhelm Max (1829–1897), third son of Grand Duke Leopold (1790–1852) and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914), a granddaughter of Eugène de Beauharnais. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Maximilian de Beauharnais, and bore a resemblance to his cousin, Emperor Napoleon III.
Max received a humanistic education at a Gymnasium secondary school and studied law and cameralism at the Leipzig University. In 1900, he married Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) at Gmunden. Upon the order of Queen Victoria, Prince Max was brought to Darmstadt in the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine as a suitor for Victoria's granddaughter, Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt. Alix was the daughter of Victoria's late daughter, Princess Alice, and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. Alix quickly rejected Prince Max. She was in love with Nicholas II, the future Tsar of Russia.
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