Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
Born	(1595-01-23)23 January 1595 Rastatt
Died	4 January 1665(1665-01-04) (aged 69) Kastellaun
Buried	Church of Rodemack
Noble family	House of Zähringen
Spouse(s)	Antonia Elisabeth of Criechingen Maria Sidonia of Daun-Falkenstein
Father	Edward Fortunatus
Mother	Maria of Eicken

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

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