Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Ludwig Georg Simpert of Baden -Baden ( born June 7, 1702 Ettlingen, † October 22, 1761 in Rastatt ) was from 1707 to his death Margrave of Baden -Baden, however, stood up in 1727 under the tutelage of his mother. Because of his passion for hunting also called hunters Louis.

Family

Ludwig Georg Simpert was the son of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden -Baden, Margrave Ludwig, Franziska Sibylla Augusta and, née Princess of Saxe - Lauenburg.

Life

On June 8, 1702 Ludwig Georg Simpert was baptized in the open air in front of the burned down by the French St. Martin's Church in Ettlingen. The young Ludwig Georg Simpert prepared his mother during his childhood many worries, he seemed to be retarded and did not start until the age of six, during a pilgrimage to Maria Einsiedeln, speaking at. In gratitude, the Marchioness was in Schlackenwerth create a chapel on the model in Maria Einsiedeln. She called him hence the hermit child.

At the age of 16 years, fell in love with the young prince in Leszczyńska Maria, the daughter of the former king of Poland, but his mother knew a deeper connection with a pilgrimage to Rome to prevent.

Ludwig Georg Simpert took over on October 22, 1727 at the age of 25 years, the regency of his mother, who had administered after the death of Louis William the Margraviate of Baden -Baden, to Ludwig Georg was old enough to assume the regency. Franziska Sibylla Augusta showed up in financial transactions as a very clever and managed not only to pay off the debts of the Margraviate, but gave Ludwig Georg when he took office still a considerable fortune. Franziska Sibylla Augusta retired after the handover of power to her jointure Schloss Ettlingen and devoted himself to the embodiment of the castle and chapel.

A great military career, as his father, Ludwig Georg Simpert not reached, he indulged much rather his hunting passion.

Ludwig Georg Simpert was 1707-1731 holder of the fourth circle Infantry Regiment ( mixt. ) of the Swabian kingdom Circle ( 1717 General sergeant on foot, 1728 Generalfeldmarschallieutenant ), but during the Polish Succession War he hunted dear to his possessions in Bohemia. He returned only after 1735 concluded at Vienna preliminary peace back to the Treaty of Vienna.

The strict Catholic Regent donated in 1736 a convent school of Piaristen in Rastatt. The convent school Fathers scholarum piarum (Latin Fathers of the Pious Schools ) was a 1597, donated by José Calasanz Order of 1721 was confirmed by the Pope. The Order gave himself the task of unpaid tuition.

After his death in 1761 his brother Georg August Simpert succeeded him as regent of the Margraviate of Baden -Baden.

Ludwig Georg was in the collegiate church of Baden -Baden, the grave lay the margrave's family buried.

Marriages and descendants

In the summer of 1720 Ludwig Georg Simpert traveled with his mother to Prague, where he met his future wife at Castle Mountain woman. The mother agreed with this choice and traveled to Vienna to obtain the consent of the emperor. Ludwig Georg Simpert then married on 18 April 1721 Krumlov Castle Maria Anna von Schwarzenberg, daughter of Prince Adam Franz As a wedding gift he received from his mother a hunting lodge on the Fremersberg since hunting was his great passion.

From the first marriage four children were born:

  • Elisabeth Augusta (* March 16, 1726; † January 7, 1789 ), Princess of Baden -Baden ∞ February 2, 1775 Count Michael Wenzel of Althann (* July 22, 1743, † 1810)
  • Karl Ludwig Damian (* August 25, 1728; † July 6, 1734 ), Hereditary Prince of Baden -Baden
  • Ludwig Georg (* August 11, 1736, † March 11, 1737 ), Hereditary Prince of Baden -Baden
  • Johanna (* April 28, 1737, † April 29, 1737 ), Princess of Baden -Baden

After the death of Maria Anna von Schwarzenberg in 1755 he married on July 10, 1755 Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, who was born on August 7, 1734 and died on 7 May 1776. She was the daughter of the Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria, later Emperor Charles VII The marriage remained childless, so that the Marquis died in Rastatt on October 22, 1761 without male descendants.

  • Markgraf (Baden- Baden)
  • Infantryman
  • A regiment of Early Modern
  • Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece ( Austria ) (18th century)
  • Person ( Ettlingen )
  • Carrier Hubertus Order
  • German
  • Born in 1702
  • Died in 1761
  • Man
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