Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

**Charles Frederick** (22 November 1728 – 10 June 1811) was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death.

## Marriages and children

Charles Frederick and Caroline Louise had the following children:

- Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (14 February 1755 – 16 December 1801); his son, Charles, succeeded Charles Frederick as Grand Duke upon the latter's death in 1811.
- Prince Frederick of Baden (29 August 1756 – 28 May 1817); married on 9 December 1791 Louise of Nassau-Usingen (16 August 1776 – 19 February 1829), the daughter of Duke Frederick of Nassau-Usingen.
- Prince Louis of Baden (9 February 1763 – 30 March 1830); had three illegitimate children by Katharina Werner, created Countess of Gondelsheim and Langenstein in 1818.  Louis succeeded his nephew Charles as Louis I, 3rd Grand Duke in 1818.
- Son (29 July 1764 – 29 July 1764).
- Princess Louise Auguste of Baden (8 January 1767 – 11 January 1767).

Charles and Louise Caroline, Baroness Geyer of Geyersberg They had the following children:
- Prince Leopold of Baden (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852); later succeeded as HRH Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden. Married on 25 July 1819 in Karlsruhe his half-grand-niece, HRH Princess Sophie of Sweden (21 May 1801 – 6 July 1865), eldest daughter of the former King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.
- Prince William of Baden (8 April 1792 – 11 October 1859).
- Prince Frederick Alexander of Baden (10 June 1793 – 18 June 1793).
- Princess Amalie of Baden (26 January 1795 – 14 September 1869); married on 19 April 1818 Charles Egon II of Fürstenberg (28 October 1796 – 22 October 1854); their daughter, Princess Pauline von Fürstenberg, was the mother of Princess Margarethe of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (b. Slawentzitz, 27 December 1865 – d. Dresden, 13 June 1940), who was the second wife of Wilhelm, Count of Hohenau (himself a son of Prince Albert of Prussia
- Prince Maximilian of Baden (8 December 1796 – 6 March 1882).

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Charles Frederick
- **image**: Karl Friedrich von Baden by Johann Ludwig Kisling (1803).jpg
- **caption**: Portrait by Johann Ludwig Kisling, 1803
- **succession**: Grand Duke of Baden
- **reign**: 25 July 1806 – 10 June 1811
- **successor**: Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Charles
- **succession1**: Electorate of Baden, Elector of Baden
- **reign1**: 27 April 1803 – 6 August 1806
- **succession2**: Margraviate of Baden, Margrave of Baden (unified)
- **reign2**: 21 October 1771 – 27 April 1803
- **predecessor2**: Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
- **succession3**: Margraviate of Baden-Durlach, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
- **reign3**: 12 May 1738 – 21 October 1771
- **predecessor3**: Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Charles III William
- **birth place**: Karlsruhe Palace, Karlsruhe,
Margraviate of Baden-Durlach,
Holy Roman Empire
- **house**: House of Zähringen, Zähringen
- **father**: Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
- **mother**: Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
- **issue**: Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
Prince Frederick
Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
Princess Louise Auguste
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Prince William of Baden, Prince William
Prince Frederick Alexander
Amalie of Baden, Princess Amalie
Prince Maximilian
- **religion**: Lutheran