Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-Baden
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Rudolf VI of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Baden and Count of Eberstein from 1353 to 1372.

Life

He was the elder son of Frederick III and Margareta of Baden. Under Rudolf VI Baden was again united in 1361, since the other lines had expired. Under his rule the Margraves of Baden were recognized for the first time as princeps regni (Reichsfürst).

Family and children

He married Matilde of Sponheim, daughter of Count John III of Sponheim and had the following children:
  1. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
    Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
    Bernard I of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1391 to 1431.-Life:He was the elder son of Rudolf VI and Matilde of Sponheim. He and his brother Rudolf VII concluded an inheritance contract in 1380, according to which the margraviate might be divided only among male descendants for two...

     (1364–5 April 1431, Baden
    Baden
    Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....

    ).
  2. Rudolf VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden  (d. 1391).
  3. Matilde (d. 3 August 1425, Schleusingen
    Schleusingen
    Schleusingen is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl....

    ), married 4 July 1376 to Count Henry of Henneberg.

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