Queen Sofia has ended the year with sad news. Last Thursday, December 29, Prince Max of Baden, second cousin to Queen Sofía and cousin to King Charles of England, died at Salem Castle in Germany. The House of Baden itself confirmed the sad news through a statement on its official website.
«Max de Baden died in the early hours of December 29, 2022 at Salem Castle. From 1963 Max of Baden was head of the Grand Ducal House of Baden, which from 1112 to 1918 provided sovereignty over the Baden section of the present state of Baden-Württemberg. His successor at the head of the House of Baden is Bernhard Margrave of Baden, Crown Prince,” the statement read.
Max from Baden in the image file. /gtres
As for his funeral, it has been confirmed that there will be two burials, but the dates are yet to be confirmed, although some details have been provided. There will be an open funeral for friends, acquaintances and acquaintances, as well as employees, former employees and retirees with margravial families. After that, the funeral was closed to family, friends and political, economic and cultural representatives.
Queen Sofía in action in Burgos. /gtres
Max de Baden, 89, is one of the elders of Europe’s royal families, as well as the head House of the Grand Duke of Baden, where he carried the title Margrave. Born in 1933, Max de Baden is the son of Bertoldo de Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece, the sister of Queen Elizabeth’s ex-husband, whose funeral she was unable to attend due to her health condition. His family has close ties to the royal families of England, Greece, Sweden, Spain and Denmark.
Max from Baden and his wife. / Baden House
Her grandfather was the last chancellor of the German Empire, as well as founder, at Salem Castle, the pedagogical school Kurt Hahn, where Queen Sofía studied. Hahn’s method is followed, to this day, at UWC centers, where he studied it Princess Eleanor of Bourbon. His father, King Felipe, also attended last year before starting his military training and university studies at a school following Hahn’s teachings.
After an unsuccessful engagement to his first cousin Princess Beatriz de Hohenlohe-Langenburg, in 1966, Max de Baden married Archduchess Valeria of Austria at Austria’s Persenbeug castle, third cousin of King Juan Carlos and descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Empress Elisabeth , Sissi.
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