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{{Distinguish|text=his grandfather [[Prince Maximilian of Baden]]}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Maximilian
|image = Maximilian Andreas Markgraf von Baden (2017).jpg
|caption = Maximilian in 2017
|succession = [[House of Baden|Head of the House of Baden]]
|reign = 27 October 1963 – 29 December 2022
|reign-type = Tenure
|predecessor = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden|Berthold]]
|successor = [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|Bernhard]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]], [[Gau Baden]], [[Nazi Germany]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|12|29|1933|7|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Salem, [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany
|burial_date= 13 January 2023
|burial_place= Mimmenhausen Cemetery,<br>[[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]], Germany
|house = [[House of Baden|Baden]]
|father = [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden]]
|mother = [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]]
|spouse = {{marriage|Archduchess Valerie of Austria|1966}}
|issue = {{plainlist|
* Princess Marie Louise
* [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden]]
* Prince Leopold
* Prince Michael}}
}}
'''Maximilian, Margrave of Baden''' (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022),{{efn|Although titles of nobility were abolished in Germany in 1919, some titles continued to be used as [[courtesy title|courtesy titles]].}}  also known as '''Max von Baden''', was a German businessman and the head of [[House of Baden]]. Through his mother, [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]], the second sister of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], he was a first cousin of [[Charles III|Charles III, King of the United Kingdom]].
==Early life and family==
Maximilian was born on 3 July 1933 in [[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]]. He was the second child and eldest son of [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden]], and his wife, [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]]. He had one older sister, [[Princess Margarita of Baden|Princess Margarita]], and has a younger brother, Prince Ludwig (born 1937).
==Marriage and children==
Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin, [[Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]] (daughter of his maternal aunt, [[Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark|Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]), although this was eventually broken off. In 1963, he followed his father as head of the former [[Grand Duchy of Baden|grand ducal house]] of Baden, styled ''HRH The Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022 |url=https://www.haus-baden.eu/wer/ |website=Haus Baden |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> In 1966, he married Archduchess Valerie of Austria (born 1941), daughter of [[Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria]] and [[Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm]]. They were married civilly on 23 September 1966 at [[Salem, Baden-Württemberg|Salem]] and religiously on 30 September 1966 at [[Persenbeug Castle]] in [[Lower Austria]].<ref name="burke">{{cite book | title=[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Guide to the Royal Family]] | publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited | author=Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh | author-link=Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd | year=1973 | location=London | pages=[https://archive.org/details/burkesguidetoroy00lond/page/230 230, 290–291] | isbn=0-220-66222-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/royfacts/former_german.html |title=Heads of the Post-Napoleonic German Ruling Families & their Wives and Heirs Apparent |publisher=Theodore's Royalty & Monarchy Site}}</ref>
The Margrave and Margravine had four children:
* Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (born Salem, 3 July 1969); she married, civilly, at Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September 1999, [[Richard Baker (Zen teacher)|Richard Dudley Baker]], they have one daughter.
* [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Margrave of Baden]] (born Salem, 27 May 1970)
* Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (born Salem, 1 October 1971), unmarried and without issue.
* Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (born Salem, 11 March 1976); he married at Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, daughter of Claus Höhne and wife Herlinde or Gerlinde Geiger, without issue.
The Margravine represented the Margrave for the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]], his aunt, at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Princess Stephanie.
==Death==
Maximilian died in [[Salem Abbey|Salem Abby]] on 29 December 2022, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seine Königliche Hoheit Max Markgraf von Baden, Herzog von Zähringen 1933–2022 |url=https://www.haus-baden.eu/wer/ |website=Haus Baden |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> He was succeeded as titular margrave and head of house by his son [[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden|Bernhard]].<ref>{{cite news|title=King Charles' first cousin, Max Margrave of Baden, dies in Germany|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1715145/king-charles-cousin-max-Margrave-of-Baden-germany-royal-family-latest|work=Astha Saxena |date=29 December 2022|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
The Margrave's funeral service on 13 January 2023 in the church of [[Salem Abbey]] was attended by numerous representatives from politics, including the minister president of [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Winfried Kretschmann]], and royalty and aristocracy, such as King [[Philippe of Belgium]], Prince [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II of Monaco]] and his sister [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]], [[Prince Hassan bin Talal|Prince Hassan of Jordan]] and the [[Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein|Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein]] as well as the heads or representatives of most of the former ruling houses of Germany. His first cousin King [[Charles III]] was represented by [[Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse]].<ref>''[https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/prominenz-aus-adel-und-politik-trauert-mit-familie-um-max-markgraf-von-baden-100.html Europas Adel nimmt Abschied von Max Markgraf von Baden]'', [[Südwestrundfunk]] ''SWR aktuell'', 13.1.2023</ref>
== Ancestry ==
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|1= 1. '''Maximilian, Margrave of Baden'''
|2= 2. [[Berthold, Margrave of Baden]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)|Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark]]
|4= 4. [[Prince Maximilian of Baden]]
|5= 5. [[Princess Marie Louise of Hanover]]
|6= 6. [[Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark]]
|7= 7. [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]]
|8= 8. [[Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)|Prince William of Baden]]
|9= 9. [[Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg]]
|10= 10. [[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
|11= 11. [[Princess Thyra of Denmark]]
|12= 12. [[George I of Greece]]
|13= 13. [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia]]
|14= 14. [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine]]
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== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Maximilian, Margrave of Baden}}
*{{url|https://haus-baden.eu/|House of Baden}}  {{in lang|de}}
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{{s-tul|title=[[Grand Duke of Baden]]|years=27 October 1963 – 29 December 2022|reason=[[German Revolution|Grand Duchy abolished in 1918]]}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Bernhard, Margrave of Baden]]}}
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