Christopher of Baden-Durlach
Christopher of Baden-Durlach was Prince and Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
Christopher was the son of Margrave Frederick VII Magnus of Baden-Durlach and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of the Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp.
He was the brother of the ruling Margrave Charles III William, who reigned from 1709 till 1738.Marriage and descendants
On 4 December 1711, Christopher of Baden-Durlach married with Marie Christine Felizitas, a daughter of Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim and Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg. The couple had the following children:
- Karl August, later ruler of Baden-Durlach ; married Juliane Schmid
- Charles William Eugene, had a military career; from 1743 he was a member of the guardianship authorities of Baden-Durlach with his brother.
- Christopher, married on 28 November 1779 Katharina Höllischer, created Baroness von Freydorf
After Christopher's early death, his widow married Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach in 1727. She was his fourth wife.
Since two of his sons married morganatically and one remained single, this branch of the family could not contribute to the preservation of the House of Baden-Durlach, when the conflicts began over the legitimacy of the descendants of Grand Duke Charles Frederick from the morganatic marriage to Luise Caroline Geyer von Geyersberg.
