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'Bernard I of Baden' (1364–5 April 1431, Baden) was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1391 to 1431.

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Life

Family and children

See also

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 generations. Rudolf VII afterwards received the southern areas from Ettlingen via Rastatt to Baden-Baden, Bernard himself the areas around Durlach and Pforzheim.
He had his family seat in the fortress of Hohenbaden high about the thermal baths of the town of Baden. During his reign he extended the castle from the underlying Gothic structure and led the collateral line of the margraves of Baden-Hachberg back in the outline. During this time he had many disputes with the towns of Strasbourg, Speyer and with king Ruprecht I. For 80,000 guilders he acquired Hochberg in 1415 and some areas in the Oberland. His successor Jacob I further expanded the castle into a fortress.

Family and children

He was married twice. First, he married Margarete of Hohenberg in 1384 and divorced 1393. This marriage was childless. Second, he married 15 September 1397 Anna von Oettingen and had the following children:
# Anna (15 March 1399–after 6 December 1421), married 11 May 1409 Ludwig IV of Lichtenberg.
# Beatrix (24 June 1400–1452), married 11 July 1411 Count Emich VII of Leiningen-Hartenburg.
# Matilde (1401–1402).
# Margarete (25 January 1404–7 November 1442), married 1 March 1418 Count Adolf II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
# Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (15 March 1407, Hachberg–13 October 1453, Mühlburg).
# Agnes (25 March 1408–1473, Ebersteinberg), married
## 1432 (divorced 1433) Count Gerhard of Holstein-Schauenburg;
## Hans von Hewen.
# Ursula (24 October 1409–24 March 1429), married:
## 1422 Count Gottfried of Ziegenhain;
## 1426 Duke Ulrich II of Teck.
# Bernhard (1412–1424).
# Brigitte (1416–after 24 July 1441), a nun.
# Rudolf (1417–1424).
He also had two illegitimate children, Bernhard, a canon in Basel and Anna, who married Paul Lutran von Ertrin.

See also

★ List of rulers of Baden
''This article is translated from the German Wikipedia''