CHARLES I, MARGRAVE OF BADEN-BADEN

'Charles I of Baden' (d. 24 February 1475, Pforzheim) was a Margrave of Baden-Baden in 1454-1475.
Charles was the elder son of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife Catherine of Lorraine. In 1462 he began the Baden-Palatinate war with Elector Frederick I of the Rhine. This war was finished in the same year with Charle's defeat.

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Family and children

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Family and children

On 1 July 1447 he married Katharina of Austria (1423 – 11 September 1493), daughter of Archduke Ernest the Iron. They had six children:
# Katharina (15 January 1449 – before 8 May 1484), married on 19 May 1464 to Count George III of Werdenberg-Sargans
# Zimburg (15 May 1450 – 5 July 1501), married on 19 December 1468 to Count Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg
# Margareta (1452 – 1495), Abbess in Lichtenthal
# Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (13 November 1453 – 19 April 1527)
# Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1456 – 1488)
# Frederick (9 July 1458 – 24 September 1517), Bishop of Utrecht

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