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Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)

Prince Wilhelm
Prinz Wilhelm von Baden.jpg
Portrait of Prince Wilhelm of Baden, 1895–1896
Born (1829-12-18)18 December 1829
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died 27 April 1897(1897-04-27) (aged 67)
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
Burial Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel, Fasanengarten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
Spouse Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
Issue Marie, Duchess of Anhalt
Prince Maximilian
Full name
Louis William Augustus
German: Ludwig Wilhelm August
House House of Zähringen
Father Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother Princess Sophie of Sweden
Full name
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.


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