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Descendants of Berthold I Zahringen

Generation No. 24

65. KARL FREDERICH²⁴ ZAHRINGEN (FRIEDERICH²³, KARL III WILHELM²², FREDERICK VII²¹ VON BADEN-DURLACH, FREDERICK VI²⁰ ZAHRINGEN, FREDERICK V¹⁹, GEROGE FREDERICK¹⁸, CHARLES II¹⁷, ERNEST¹⁶, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born November 22, 1728 in Karlsruhe, Baden, and died June 10, 1811 in Karlsruhe, Baden. He married (1) LOUISE VON GEYERSBERG November 24, 1787. She was born May 26, 1768, and died July 23, 1860. He married (2) CAROLINE LOUISE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT January 28, 1750/51. She was born July 11, 1723, and died April 08, 1783.

Notes for KARL FREDERICH ZAHRINGEN:
Grand duke of Baden, a conscientious and liberal ruler who made his territories into a model of prosperity and effective government through his reforms based on the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Charles Frederick succeeded to the margravate of Baden-Durlach in 1746, and his reforms soon attracted attention throughout Germany and Europe. He emancipated the peasantry, eliminated torture, and separated insane asylums from prisons. He also established schools and encouraged agriculture, industry, and handicrafts. A truly enlightened ruler, he met and corresponded with such men as Goethe, Voltaire, and the botanist Carolus Linnaeus.

Charles Frederick opposed Revolutionary France but was forced to sign a truce with it. As a result, he saw his territories enlarged and became grand duke in 1806. His last great legal reform was the introduction of the Code Napoléon into his lands.

More About KARL FREDERICH ZAHRINGEN:
Title (Facts Pg): 1738, Grand Duke of Baden

Children of KARL ZAHRINGEN and LOUISE VON GEYERSBERG are:

73.	i.	LEOPOLD I²⁵ ZAHRINGEN, b. August 29, 1790; d. April 24, 1852.
74.	ii.	WILLIAM ZAHRINGEN, b. April 08, 1792; d. October 11, 1859.
	iii.	FREDERICK ALEXANDER ZAHRINGEN, b. June 10, 1793; d. June 18, 1793.
	iv.	AMALIE ZAHRINGEN, b. January 26, 1795; d. September 14, 1869.
	v.	MAXIMILIAN ZAHRINGEN, b. December 08, 1796; d. March 06, 1882.

Children of KARL ZAHRINGEN and CAROLINE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT are:

75.	vi.	KARL LUDWIG²⁵ ZAHRINGEN, b. February 14, 1755; d. December 16, 1801.
	vii.	FREDERICK ZAHRINGEN, b. August 29, 1756; d. May 28, 1817; m. LOUISE VON NASSAU-USINGEN, December 08, 1791.
	viii.	LUDWIG I ZAHRINGEN, b. February 09, 1763; d. March 30, 1830; m. KATHARINA WERNER; d. 1850.

More About LUDWIG I ZAHRINGEN:
Title (Facts Pg): 1818, Grand Duke of Baden

More About KATHARINA WERNER:
Title (Facts Pg): Countess of Langenstein

ix.

LOUISE ZAHRINGEN, b. January 08, 1767; d. January 11, 1767.

66. GUSTAV III²⁴ VASA (ADOLF FREDERICK²³ VON HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP, ALBERTINA²² VON BADEN-DURLACH, FREDERICK VII²¹, FREDERICK VI²⁰ ZAHRINGEN, FREDERICK V¹⁹, GEROGE FREDERICK¹⁸, CHARLES II¹⁷, ERNEST¹⁶, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born January 24, 1745/46 in Stockholm, Sweden, and died March 29, 1792 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married SOFIA MAGDALENA OF DENMARK.

Notes for GUSTAV III VASA:
King of Sweden (1771-92), who reasserted the royal power over the Riksdag (parliament).

Gustav, the eldest son of King Adolf Fredrik, was an intelligent and cultured advocate of the Enlightenment. In 1766 he married Sofia Magdalena, daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark. Gustav
succeeded in 1771 to a Swedish throne that had been weak since it was subordinated to the Riksdag in 1720. The new king began his reign with futile efforts to mediate between the contending factions
of the Riksdag. But in August 1772 he seized effective power of the government and established a new constitution which, replacing that of 1720, increased the crown's powers at the expense of the Riksdag. In the following years Gustav III introduced a number of enlightened reforms: torture as an instrument of legal investigation was abolished; freedom of the press was granted; the poor law was amended; religious toleration was accorded; free trade was promoted; the navy was strengthened; and in 1777 a comprehensive currency reform was carried out.

The Riksdag Gustav III convened in 1778 proved tractable, but his reforms eventually aroused dissatisfaction among the nobility. The Riksdag of 1786 rejected most of Gustav's reforming policies.
The king's amiability and efficient rule were not enough to satisfy his critics, so he turned from the frustrations of domestic affairs to an aggressive foreign policy. Taking advantage of Russia's war with
Turkey, he declared war on Russia in 1788, but treasonous activity by a group of Swedish officers on the Finnish front, along with Denmark's entry into the war on the side of Russia, worsened his situation. In response, Gustav appealed to the three lower estates (clergy, burghers, peasants) of the Riksdag and in 1789 established a new constitution that augmented the royal authority. He was able to avoid complete disaster in the Russo-Swedish War by his brilliant naval victory at Svensksund (July 1790), and he ended the war with a peace treaty the following month.

By 1791 Gustav III aimed at forming a league of European monarchs to oppose the developing French Revolution. But the Swedish nobility remained implacably opposed to him, and an aristocratic conspiracy succeeded when Gustav was shot by Captain Jacob Johan Anckarström while attending the Stockholm opera house on March 16, 1792; the king died two weeks later.

Charming and imaginative, Gustav proved a vigorous patron of the arts. He founded the Swedish Academy (1786) and greatly encouraged the theatre in Sweden. He himself wrote plays, and in 1786 he collaborated with Johan Kellgren on the opera Gustaf Wasa. For his cultural activity no less than his political achievements, his reign is known as the Gustavian, or Swedish, Enlightenment.

More About GUSTAV III VASA:
Title (Facts Pg): Bet. 1771 - 1792, King of Sweden

Child of GUSTAV VASA and SOFIA OF DENMARK is:

76.

GUSTAV IV ADOLF²⁵ OF HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP, b. November 01, 1778, Stockholm, Sweden; d. February 07, 1837, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

67. LOUIS²⁴ D'ORLÉANS (PHILIPPE II²³, ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE²² WITTELSBACH, CHARLES I LOUIS²¹, FREDERICK V²⁰, FREDERICK IV¹⁹, LOUIS IV¹⁸, FREDERICK III¹⁷, BEATIX¹⁶ ZAHRINGEN, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born August 04, 1703, and died February 04, 1752. He married AUGUSTA MARIA VON BADEN-BADEN July 13, 1724, daughter of LOUIS WILLIAM ZAHRINGEN. She was born November 10, 1704, and died August 26, 1726.

More About LOUIS D'ORLÉANS:
Title (Facts Pg): 1723, Duke of Chartres

Children are listed above under (46) Augusta Maria von Baden-Baden.

68. MARIA JOSEPHA²⁴ HABSBURG (WILHEMINA²³ OF BRUNSWICK-LUNENBURG, BENEDICTE HENRIETTE²² WITTELSBACH, EDWARD²¹, FREDERICK V²⁰, FREDERICK IV¹⁹, LOUIS IV¹⁸, FREDERICK III¹⁷, BEATIX¹⁶ ZAHRINGEN, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born December 08, 1699, and died November 17, 1757. She married FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II WETTIN 1719, son of FREDERICK OF SAXONY and UNKNOWN HOHENZOLLERN. He was born 1696, and died 1763.

Notes for FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II WETTIN:
1696-1763, king of Poland (1735-63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733-63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony. Elected king of Poland by a minority, he allied himself with Empress Anna of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the War of the Polish Succession (1733-35) and secured the throne from Stanislaus I. In the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), Augustus at first offered to support Maria Theresa in return for a corridor between Poland and Saxony. He was refused and entered the coalition against her, claiming rights as a son-in-law of her uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I. He changed sides in 1742. When the Seven Years War began (1756) with a surprise attack on Saxony, Augustus fled to Poland; he returned to Dresden only after the war was over (1763). He was a patron of the arts, and his indolence and sensuality kept him from state affairs, which he left to his ministers, notably Count Brühl. Augustus's death ended the union of Saxony and Poland. His grandson became elector of Saxony (and later, as Frederick Augustus I, king), but Stanislaus II was elected king of Poland with Russian support.

More About FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II WETTIN:
Title (Facts Pg) 1: Bet. 1735 - 1763, King of Poland as Augustus III
Title (Facts Pg) 2: Bet. 1733 - 1763, Elector of Saxony

Children of MARIA HABSBURG and FREDERICK WETTIN are:

77.	i.	FREDERICK CHRISTIAN²⁵ WETTIN, b. September 05, 1722; d. December 17, 1763.
78.	ii.	MARY AMALIA WETTIN, b. November 24, 1724.
	iii.	MARIE-JOSEPHE WETTIN, b. November 04, 1731.

69. FREDERICK LOUIS²⁴ HANOVER (GEORGE II²³, GEORGE I LOUIS²², SOPHIA²¹ WITTELSBACH, FREDERICK V²⁰, FREDERICK IV¹⁹, LOUIS IV¹⁸, FREDERICK III¹⁷, BEATIX¹⁶ ZAHRINGEN, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born 1707, and died 1751. He married AUGUSTA OF SAXE-GOTHA, daughter of FREDERICK II OF SAXE-GOTHA. She was born 1719, and died 1772.

Notes for FREDERICK LOUIS HANOVER:
1707-51, prince of Wales, eldest son of George II of England. By his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, he had several children, the eldest of whom became George III. He quarreled with his parents over his financial allowance and in 1737 was expelled from court. Thereafter he maintained his own household, chiefly at Leicester House, which became a center of political opposition to George II and to the ministries of Robert Walpole and Henry Pelham.

More About FREDERICK LOUIS HANOVER:
Title (Facts Pg): Prince of Wales

Children of FREDERICK HANOVER and AUGUSTA OF SAXE-GOTHA are:

79.	i.	AUGUSTA²⁵ HANOVER, b. 1737; d. 1813.
80.	ii.	GEORGE III HANOVER, b. May 24, 1738, London, England; d. January 29, 1820, Windsor Castle.
	iii.	EDWARD AUGUSTUS HANOVER, b. 1739.
	iv.	WILLIAM HANOVER, b. 1743.
	v.	HENRY FREDERICK HANOVER, b. 1745.
81.	vi.	CAROLINA MATILDA HANOVER, b. 1751.

70. ANNE²⁴ HANOVER (GEORGE II²³, GEORGE I LOUIS²², SOPHIA²¹ WITTELSBACH, FREDERICK V²⁰, FREDERICK IV¹⁹, LOUIS IV¹⁸, FREDERICK III¹⁷, BEATIX¹⁶ ZAHRINGEN, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born 1709, and died 1759. She married WILLIAM IV OF ORANGE, son of JOHN FRISO and MARIE-LOUISE OF HESSE-CASSEL. He was born September 01, 1711 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and died October 22, 1751 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Notes for WILLIAM IV OF ORANGE:
Prince of Orange and Nassau, general hereditary stadtholder of the United Netherlands.

The posthumous son of John William Friso of the house of Nassau-Dietz, William became stadtholder of Friesland and then later also of Groningen and of Gelderland, assuming his full functions in 1729-31. On March 25, 1734, he married Anne of Hanover (1709-59), eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain. By the extinction of other branches of the Ottonians of Nassau, he acquired a number of territories in Germany.

In April 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession, the French invaded Dutch territory. A spontaneous popular movement arose, first in Zeeland, then in Holland, in Utrecht, and in Overijssel, for the elevation of William to the stadtholdership in these provinces, vacant since William III's death (1702), and to the ranks of captain general and admiral general. William was indeed appointed, and all his offices were made hereditary. The first man to be stadtholder of all seven provinces, William IV now had more power than any of his predecessors; but he proved incompetent as a leader, and peace was
signed in 1748.

The Dutch people expected reforms to make the rule of the urban oligarchies in Holland less absolute. William, who was intelligent and industrious, made attempts to abolish the greatest abuses; but when he died, the most urgent problems were unsolved. He left a three-year-old son, William V.

More About WILLIAM IV OF ORANGE:
Title (Facts Pg): Prince of Orange

Child of ANNE HANOVER and WILLIAM OF ORANGE is:

82.

WILLIAM V²⁵ OF ORANGE, b. March 08, 1747/48, The Hague, Netherlands; d. April 09, 1806, Braunschweig, Germany.

71. LOUISA²⁴ HANOVER (GEORGE II²³, GEORGE I LOUIS²², SOPHIA²¹ WITTELSBACH, FREDERICK V²⁰, FREDERICK IV¹⁹, LOUIS IV¹⁸, FREDERICK III¹⁷, BEATIX¹⁶ ZAHRINGEN, CHRISTOPHER I¹⁵, CHARLES I¹⁴, JAMES I¹³, BERNARD I¹², RUDOLF VI¹¹, FREDERICK III¹⁰, RUDOLF IV⁹, HERMAN VII⁸, RUDOLF I⁷, HERMAN V⁶, HERMAN IV⁵, HERMAN III⁴, HERMAN II³, HERMAN I², BERTHOLD I¹) was born 1724, and died 1751. She married FREDERICK V OF DENMARK, son of CHRISTIAN VI OF DENMARK. He was born 1723, and died 1766.

Notes for FREDERICK V OF DENMARK:
1723-66, king of Denmark and Norway (1746-66), son and successor of Christian VI. Frederick's reign was one of commercial expansion and prosperity. Loans, subsidies, and treaties aided industry, and a strong system of protection was introduced. The conditions of the peasantry, however, remained poor. In 1757 a commission was appointed to study agricultural affairs. During Frederick's rule foreign affairs were conducted by J. H. E. Bernstorff. Frederick was succeeded by his son, Christian VII.

More About FREDERICK V OF DENMARK:
Title (Facts Pg): Bet. 1746 - 1766, King of Denmark and Norway

Child of LOUISA HANOVER and FREDERICK OF DENMARK is:

83.

CHRISTIAN VII²⁵ OF DENMARK, b. 1749; d. 1808.

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