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Born in Paris, Louis was a son of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden and his French wife, Louise of Savoy.His godfather was Louis XIV of France.His father was the elder son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden, whom he pre-deceased, leaving Louis to succeed as reigning Margrave of Baden-Baden and head of the Catholic branch of the House of Zähringen.
Louis William, the "Turkish Louis", Margrave of Baden-Baden (1677-1707). Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Louis William and Regent of Baden-Baden (1707-1727). The period after the Thirty Years' War was marked by immigration and rebuilding.
The fourth margrave of Baden-Baden, Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden (reigned 1190–1243), founded the cities of Backnang, Durlach, Stuttgart, Ettlingen, and Pforzheim and several monasteries, including the Lichtenthal Abbey, which became the burial place of his descendants. In 1219 he moved his seat of power to Pforzheim.
Louis William of Baden-Baden. Louis William of Baden-Baden. Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, nicknamed Turkish Louis or the Shield of the Empire was the victorious imperial general of the Turkish Wars. The Turks called him the "Red King" because of his red uniform jacket which could be seen far across the battlefields.
Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (Franziska Sibylle Auguste; 21 January 1675 – 10 July 1733) was Margravine of Baden-Baden.Born a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg, she was the wife of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, a famous Imperial general who was known as the Türkenlouis.
Schloss Rastatt in 2012 Aerial view of Schloss Rastatt. Schloss Rastatt, also known as Residenzschloss Rastatt, is a Baroque schloss in Rastatt, Germany.The palace and the garden were built between 1700 and 1707 by the Italian architect Domenico Egidio Rossi for Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden.
The siege of Landau took place from 16 June to 12 September 1702, during the War of the Spanish Succession.An Imperial army led by Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden captured Landau, a fortress town in the Rhineland-Palatinate held by a French garrison commanded by the Comte de Mélac.
Margrave William of Baden-Baden (30 July 1593 – 22 May 1677) ... (1625–1669), father of the famous general Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.