Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

Hermann Fortunat von Baden (* January 23, 1595 in Rastatt, † January 4, 1665 in Kastellaun ) was Margrave of Baden to Rodemachern.

Life

He was a son of Margrave Edward Fortunatus of Baden and Maria von Eicken († April 21, 1636 ), daughter of Jobst von Eicken. The father died in 1600 and his cousins out of the house of Baden- Durlach challenged his own and his brothers inheritance law because the marriage of the father with Maria von Eicken was deemed not to befitting. The guardians, Archduke Albrecht and Count of Isenburg Salentin, sat the Emperor successfully for the right of succession, where politically denominational backgrounds played a role: The Baden-Baden was a Catholic, while the House of Baden- Durlach was Lutheran.

Hermann Fortunat succeeded his childless deceased uncle Philip III. Margrave of Baden- Rodemachern, while his brother William, the Margraviate of Baden -Baden took over.

In the Thirty Years' War he fought first in Spanish, then in the imperial service. In 1633 he was involved in the Battle of Breisach, where his commander Ernesto Montecuculi fell victim.

He died in 1665 in Kastellaun. His tomb is located in the Saint Nicholas Church of Rodemachern. During the construction of the parish church (1779-1783) the tomb was moved from limestone under the Holy Cross altar.

Marriage and issue

Margrave Hermann Fortunat married his first marriage on April 18, 1627 Antonie Elizabeth of Criechingen († January 12, 1635 ), the daughter of Christoph von Criechingen. From this marriage the following children were born:

Karl Wilhelm Eugen (* 1627, † 1666), a canon of Cologne
Leopold (* 1628, † 1635)
Sidonie Marie (* 1635, † August 15, 1686 ), she married on November 12, 1662 the Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen Philip (* 1601, † January 13, 1671 )

Margrave Hermann Fortunat married his second wife Marie Sidonie von Falkenstein ( * 1605, † 1675), daughter of Count Philipp Franz von Falkenstein. From this marriage the following children were born:

Philipp Balthasar († 1662)
Marie Eleonore Sofie († April 18, 1668 ), in 1665 she married Count Johann Franz Desideratus of Nassau-Siegen (* July 28, 1627, † December 17, 1699 )