Everything about Prince Maximilian Of Baden totally explained
Prince Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm of Baden (
Max von Baden) (
10 July 1867 –
6 November 1929) was the cousin and heir of
Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden (being the eldest son of his uncle
Prince Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden), and succeeded Frederick as head of the Grand Ducal House in 1928. He was also a first cousin twice removed of
Napoleon III, with whom he shared a striking resemblance. He was married to Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland, eldest daughter of
Ernst Augustus II of Hanover and
Thyra of Denmark. In 1918 he served as the 8th
Chancellor of Germany.
Career
Maximilian was born in
Baden-Baden.
Noted as a liberal before and during the First World War, he was appointed
Chancellor of Germany in October 1918 in order to negotiate an armistice with the allies in the last days of the war. Although he'd serious reservations about the way the German General Staff wanted to conduct negotiations, he accepted the charge, and appointed a government that for the first time included representatives of the
Social Democrats,
Friedrich Ebert and
Philipp Scheidemann.
The government's efforts to secure an armistice were interrupted by the outbreak of revolution in Germany in the first days of November. Maximilian, realizing that the
Kaiser wouldn't be able to retain his throne, urged him to abdicate in time to save the monarchy itself, but the Kaiser refused to agree, even though
Paul von Hindenburg and
Wilhelm Groener of the General Staff urged the same course of action.
Then Maximilian announced the abdication without the Kaiser's consent, and resigned in favour of Ebert on
9 November 1918. This was immediately followed by the proclamation of the German Republic.
Prince Maximilian spent the rest of his life in retirement. He died at
Salem in 1929.
Children
He and Maria Luise were parents to two children:
Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden (February 24, 1906 - October 27, 1963). Married Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Prince Berthold was the brother-in-law of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Ancestry
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