Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
Spouse(s)	Antonia Elisabeth of Criechingen Maria Sidonia of Daun-Falkenstein
Noble family	House of Zähringen
Father	Edward Fortunatus
Mother	Maria of Eicken
Born	(1595-01-23)23 January 1595 Rastatt
Died	Kastellaun
Buried	Church of Rodemack

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (23 January 1595 in Rastatt – 4 January 1665 in Kastellaun) was Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. He was a son of Margrave Edward Fortunatus and Maria of Eicken (d. 21 April 1636), the daughter of Joost of Eicken and Barbara of Moll.

Marriage and issue

Margrave Herman Fortunatus married his first wife on 18 April 1627. She was Antonia Elisabeth (d. 12 January 1635), a daughter of Count Christopher of Criechingen. They had the three children:

• Charles William (1627-1666), a canon of Cologne, and the last Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
• Leopold (1628-1635)
• Maria Sidonia (1635 – 15 August 1686), married on 12 November 1662 to Prince Philip of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1601 – 13 January 1671)

Margrave Herman Fortunates then married his second wife. She was Maria Sidonia of Daun-Falkenstein (1605-1675), the daughter of the Count Philip Francis of Falkenstein. They had two children:

• Philip Balthasar (d. 1662)
• Maria Eleonora Sophia (d. 18 April 1668), married in 1665 with Count John Francis Desideratus of Nassau-Siegen (28 July 1627 – 17 December 1699)

Ancestors

Family of Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

16. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden               8. Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden                       17. Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen               4. Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern                             18. Charles I, Count of Ligny               9. Françoise of Luxembourg-Ligny                       19. Charlotte of Estouteville               2. Edward Fortunatus                                   20. Erik Johansson Vasa               10. Gustav I of Sweden                       21. Cecilia Månsdotter               5. Princess Cecilia of Sweden                             22. Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud               11. Margareta Leijonhufvud                       23. Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa               1. Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern                                         24. Henry V of Eicken               12. Johan of Eicken                       25. Barbara Gertruid of Volxen-Stalle               6. Joost of Eicken                             26. Gabriel of Offhuys               13. Barbara of Offhuys                       27. Barbara of Ginderhoven               3. Maria of Eicken                                   28. Caspar of Moll               14. Martin of Moll                       29. Anna of Hochforst-Grimbergen               7. Barbara of Moll                             30. Johey of Olmen               15. Anna of Olmen                       31. Cahterine of Ginderhoven

See also

• List of rulers of Baden

References

• Johann Christian Sachs: Einleitung in die Geschichte der Marggravschaft und des marggrävlichen altfürstlichen Hauses Baden, part 3, Karlsruhe, 1769, S. 311-313, Online at Google Books

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern House of Zähringen Born: 23 January 1595 Died: 4 January 1665
Preceded by Philip III	Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern 1620-1665	Succeeded by Charles William