Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave James I of Baden ( born March 15, 1407 Hachberg, † October 13, 1453 in Mühlburg ) ruled the Margraviate of Baden from 1431 to 1453.

James I of Baden is the firstborn son of Margrave Bernard I von Baden and Anna von Oettingen. He was known as a very religious and church founders, therefore his children also enjoyed a strict religious upbringing. He founded the monastery Fremersberg and helped the Collegiate Church of Baden -Baden to a higher meaning. James I was unlike his father, Enea Silvio de Piccolomini described him thus: " Because of his famous justice and prudence among the Germans."

In his early years he was steward of the possessions in Hohenberg, until he came to the government of Baden at the age of 24 years. He was a valiant knight, father of his country economical and popular as a mediator among the princes. Both Kaiser - Siegmund and Friedrich III. - Under which he served, appreciated him.

When his sister Agnes in the dispute over the succession, due to a premature birth by a premarital unebenbürtige relationship with a nobleman from Baden, fled, the Margrave lost claims in Schleswig. He was angry about it so much that he interned Agnes her life in Ebersteinburg. The incident went down in history as " The twin fall of Gottorp " one.

As of 1437 Sponheim Treaty enters into force, he received estates on the Mosel. For 30,000 guilders he bought in 1442, by the descendants of Walter Geroldseck, half of the reign Lahr and Mahlberg.

He married on July 25, 1422 Catherine of Lorraine. From this connection, the following children were born:

  • Karl ( * 1427, † February 24, 1475 in Pforzheim ) ∞ 1447 in Pforzheim Catherine of Austria
  • Bernhard ( * 1428 in Pforzheim, † July 15, 1458 in Moncalieri / northern Italy ), beatified
  • Johann (* 1430, † February 9, 1503 in Ehrenbreitstein ); Archbishop of Trier
  • George ( * 1433, † February 11, 1484 in Moyen ), Bishop of Metz
  • Markus (* 1434, † September 1, 1478 ); Bishop of Liège
  • Margaret (* 1431, † October 24, 1457 in Ansbach ) ∞ 1446 Heilsbronn Albrecht III. of Brandenburg
  • Mathilde † 1485 abbess in Trier

And

  • Rudolf, illegitimate son, Commander of the Hospitallers Coming Überlingen

He had his headquarters at the castle Hohenbaden high above the thermal baths of Baden -Baden. During his reign, he expanded the castle to castle with over 100 highly prestigious rooms. The ruins obtained can be visited today.

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