Charles I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden during 1454-1475.

Charles was the elder son of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Jacob I of Baden , was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1431 to 1453.He was the elder son of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Anna von Oettingen. Jacob I was a man of deep religious beliefs, well-known as a founder of churches...

 and his wife Catherine, daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

Charles II , called the Bold was the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425....

. In 1462 he began the Baden-Palatinate war with Elector Frederick I of the Rhine. This war finished in the same year with Charles' defeat.

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:

1. Katharina (15 January 1449 – before 8 May 1484), married on 19 May 1464 to Count George III of Werdenberg-Sargans
2. Zimburg (15 May 1450 – 5 July 1501), married on 19 December 1468 to Count Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg
3. Margareta (1452 – 1495), Abbess in Lichtenthal
4. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
   Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
   Christopher I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden in 1475–1515.Christopher was the eldest son of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Katharina of Austria, a sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. He built the New Castle and moved there in 1479. In 1515 he divided his possessions...
   
    (13 November 1453 – 19 April 1527)
5. Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1456 – 1488)
6. Frederick (9 July 1458 – 24 September 1517), Bishop of Utrecht

External links and references

Article in the ADB