Leopold Wilhelm of Baden (by Wallerant Vaillant 1656, today in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)

Margrave Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden (September 16, 1626 - Baden-Baden, March 1, 1671) was an Imperial Field Marschal.

He was the second son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen.

A Reichs-generalfeldmarschall in 1664, he fought against Sweden in Pomerania and against the Turks in Hungary. He was Governor of Warasdin in Croatia.

As his elder brother Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden, he died before his father and never ruled Baden-Baden.

[edit] Marriage and children

Leopold Wilhelm von Baden married firstly in 1659 with Anna Silvia Caretto, Countess of Millesimo (1607- February 26 1664). They had no children.

Secondly he married on February 23 1666 with Countess Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (May 18 1633 - March 7 1702), daughter of Count Ernst Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg.
They had 6 children :

1. Leopold Wilhelm (January 20 1667 - April 11 1716) Rastatt
2. A son (January 20 1677 - January 20 1677)
3. Karl Friedrich Ferdinand (September 14 1668 - September 14 1680)
4. Katharina Franziska (died young)
5. Henriette died young)
6. Anna (died young)

[edit] Sources

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.