Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

Christopher II of Baden- Rodemachern (* February 26, 1537; † August 2, 1575 in Rodemachern ) was Margrave of the Margraviate of Baden - Rodemachern.

Christopher II was the second son of Bernhard III. of Baden- Baden and the Franziska, Countess of Brienne and Luxembourg.

Christopher II occurred when he was a 1556 coming of age, the rights to Baden -Baden to his older brother Philibert against an annual allowance of 4000 guilders and received as appanage the Margraviate of Baden - Rodemachern which he own extension line of the House of Baden- Baden donated.

Then he began to travel. From 1557 he was in the Netherlands and lived with the campaigns of the Spanish Army until 1561 he went to Sweden, where he in 1564 married a sister of King Eric XIV of Sweden. He then returned to Rodemachern back, built a castle and led a lavish royal household; In 1565 he traveled to London where the Queen Elizabeth received him with honor, heaped there debt on debt and could not leave the country in 1566 rather than had done bailed him to the Queen. In 1566 he inherited the dominions Useldingen, Pittingen and Roußzy, but since he did not limit his effort and through religion riots also suffered from his country, he always came deeper into debt and eventually went to Sweden, where he fought with Sweden against Denmark and be it in-law, King John III. of Sweden, the island of Saaremaa was a fief. Only after several years, he returned to the German Reich and died 1575th His son Eduard Fortunat followed him immature.

Marriage and issue

Margrave Christopher II married on November 11, 1564 Cecilia Vasa (* November 6, 1540; † January 27, 1627 ), the daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden. From this marriage the following children were born:

  • Eduard Fortunat (* September 17, 1565, † June 18, 1600 ), Margrave of Baden- Rodemachern and then from Baden -Baden
  • Christoph Gustav (* August 13, 1566; † January 18, 1609 )
  • Philip III. (* August 15, 1567, † November 6, 1620 ), Margrave of Baden- Rodemachern
  • Karl ( * March 7, 1569, † 1590)
  • Bernhard ( * December 1570; † February 1571 )
  • Johann Karl ( * 1572, † January 29, 1599 ), Knight of Malta
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