Prince William of Baden


Margrave Wilhelm of Baden was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg, the daughter of Lt. Col. Baron Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Geyer von Geyersberg and his wife, Countess Maximiliana Christiane of Sponeck. Because his marriage to Luise was considered by the House of Baden as morganatic, Wilhelm, for a time, had no succession rights to the Grand Duchy.

Marriage and family

He married on 16 October 1830, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. They had the following children: