Prince Wilhelm | |||||
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Portrait of Prince Wilhelm of Baden, 1895–1896
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Born |
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden |
18 December 1829||||
Died | 27 April 1897 Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden |
(aged 67)||||
Burial | Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel, Fasanengarten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg | ||||
Spouse | Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg | ||||
Issue |
Marie, Duchess of Anhalt Prince Maximilian |
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House | House of Zähringen | ||||
Father | Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden | ||||
Mother | Princess Sophie of Sweden |
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Louis William Augustus German: Ludwig Wilhelm August |
Prince Louis William Augustus of Baden (German: Ludwig Wilhelm August Prinz von Baden; 18 December 1829 – 27 April 1897) was a Prussian general and politician. He was the father of Prince Maximilian of Baden, the last Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia and last Chancellor of the German Empire. Wilhelm was a Prince of Baden, and a member of the House of Zähringen.
Wilhelm was born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, on 18 December 1829 as the fifth child and third surviving son of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife Princess Sophie of Sweden. Through his father, Wilhelm was a grandson of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden and his wife Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg and through his mother, a grandson of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and his wife Frederica of Baden.
Wilhelm was a brother of Alexandrine, 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, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia.