Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden


Charles I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden during 1454–1475.
Charles was the elder son of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine. In 1462 he became involved in the Bavarian War (1459–63) against Frederick I, Elector Palatine. This war finished in the same year with Charles's defeat and capture at the Battle of Seckenheim in 1462.

Family and children

On 1 July 1447, Charles married Catherine of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ernest the Iron. They had:
  1. Katharina, married on 19 May 1464 to Count George III of Werdenberg-Sargans
  2. Zimburg, married on 19 December 1468 to Count Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg
  3. Margareta, Abbess in Lichtenthal
  4. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, married Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen
  5. Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg
  6. Frederick, Bishop of Utrecht