Louise Caroline of Hochberg
Louise Caroline of Hochberg, born Baroness Geyer of Geyer Mountain, from 1787 Baroness von Hochberg, 1796 Countess ( born May 26, 1768 in Karlsruhe, † June 23, 1820 ibid ) was the second wife of the Marquis and later Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Baden.
Origin
Luise Karoline Geyer of Geyer Berg was born the daughter of Durlacher Lieutenant Colonel Baron Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Geyer of Geyer mountain to the world. The girl whose father died soon godparents were Margrave Karl Friedrich of Baden and his first wife Karoline Luise. Luise Karoline received a befitting education and attended a girls' school in Colmar. After that, she was employed in the court of Baden, Hereditary Princess Amalie as maid of honor.
Marriage to Margrave Karl Friedrich
On November 24, 1787, married Margrave ( since 1806 Grand Duke ), Karl Friedrich ( 1728-1811 ), who had been a widow since 1783 - but only " to the left hand," as it was not equal. From the days of her marriage she held the title of Baroness von Hochberg, 1796 was collected by Emperor Francis II to Countess. The rank of Margravine, the first, befitting wife of Karl Friedrich had done, but do not got.
Since her children were not befitting, they remained initially excluded from the succession. 1796 reached Luise Karoline, after all, that their sons to the rank of Count von Hochberg were awarded. Karl Friedrich also decreed that their sons would be in the case that the male line ausstürbe from his first marriage, inheritance rights. However, this decree was confirmed neither by his descendants from his first marriage, nor the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Finally, when neither the legitimate grandson and heir Grand Duke Karl, even the other sons from his first marriage Charles Frederick had surviving male issue, was Grand Duke Charles the sons of Luise Karoline on November 20, 1818, a few weeks before his death, the Prince Congress in Aachen confirm the Margrave dignity. Your self remained only the status of a Countess. Finally, her son Leopold in 1830 ascended - after the death of the last ruler of the old line, Louis I - when Grand Duke to the throne, but only ten years after the death of his mother. Their descendants ruled until 1918, the Grand Duchy of Baden. Even today Margrave of Baden are descendants of Luise Karoline.
Luise Karoline was suspected that she had replaced the eldest son of Grand Duke Karl and Grand Duchess Stéphanie after its birth by a dead child to secure their own sons to the throne. These rumors came the emergence of Kaspar Hauser, was alleged to he was just this Baden Prince. The legend is now according to the prevailing opinion of historians refuted, but still finds supporters.
Progeny
His marriage to Karl Friedrich following children were born:
- Leopold (* August 29, 1790, † April 24, 1852 )
- Wilhelm ( * April 8, 1792, † October 11, 1859 )
- Friedrich Alexander ( born June 10, 1793 † June 18, 1793 )
- Amalie ( born January 26, 1795 † September 14, 1869 ), married on April 19, 1818 Prince Karl Egon II of Fürstenberg (* October 28, 1796, † October 22, 1854 )
- Maximilian (* December 8, 1796, † March 6, 1882 ).
Swell
- Entry at the German Biographical Encyclopedia