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    The Grand Duchy of Baden (German: Großherzogtum Baden), also known as the Baden Palatinate (German: Baden Pfalz), was a state in south-west Germany on...
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    Weimar-era state of Baden originated from the area of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold August Prinz von Baden was born on...
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    of electorate in 1803. In 1806, the Electorate of Baden, receiving territorial additions, became the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Grand Duchy of Baden was...
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    The Grand Duchy of Baden was an independent state in what is now southwestern Germany until the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It had its own...
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    threatening the German Empire in the final days of World War I, the state ministry of the Grand Duchy of Baden passed an electoral reform on 2 November 1918...
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    the Grand Duke of Baden, reigning until his death in 1852. Although a younger child, Leopold was the first son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by...
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    of Baden was elevated to the status of electorate in 1803. In 1806, the Electorate of Baden, receiving territorial additions, became the Grand Duchy of...
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    Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (Russian: Ольга Фёдоровна; 20 September 1839 – 12 April 1891), born Princess Cäcilie of Baden, was the youngest...
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    throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden, and in October and November 1918 briefly served as the last chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia...
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    which had reigned over the Grand Duchy of Baden until 1918, from 1929 until his death. He was the brother-in-law of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, through his...
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    Upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Charles Frederick declared sovereignty and thus created the Grand Duchy of Baden, receiving other territorial...
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    The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918...
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    A grand duchy is a country or territory whose official head of state or ruler is a monarch bearing the title of grand duke or grand duchess. Prior to...
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    of Baden and Princess Sophie of Sweden. He became the heir presumptive to the grand duchy upon the death of his father in 1852 and the accession of his...
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    Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death. Born at Karlsruhe, he was the son of Hereditary Prince...
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    the Grand Duchy of Baden's Gendarmerie Corps formed the gendarmerie of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Until the military agreement with the Kingdom of Prussia...
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    Emperor of Austria, so the ruler of Baden assumed that of Grand Duke of Baden. The Grand Duchy of Baden, with increased additional territory, continued in...
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  • consisted of 25 states: four kingdoms, six grand duchies, five duchies, seven principalities and three Hanseatic cities. In addition, the house order of the...
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    the Grand Duchy of Baden awarded Prince Rupprecht a Grand Cross after World War I. From 1870 to 1918, the German Empire also set the Grand Cross as the...
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  • The Grand Duchy of Baden and the United States began relations in 1832 going through expansion in 1868 when the Duchy joined the German Empire in 1871...
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    the beginning of the 20th century, the territory of modern-day Baden-Württemberg consisted of the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Württemberg and...
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    1858) was Grand Duke of Baden from 24 April 1852 to his death in 1858. He was the son of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Princess Sophie of Sweden....
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    Wilhelm was a Prince of Baden, and a member of the House of Zähringen.[citation needed] Wilhelm was born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, on 18 December...
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  • of the two small states to form the Margraviate of Baden in 1771 and its subsequent enlargement and elevation by Napoleon to become the Grand Duchy of...
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    of Sweden (Sofia Vilhelmina Katarina Maria Lovisa Charlotta Anna; 21 May 1801 – 6 July 1865) was, by marriage, Grand Duchess of Baden as the wife of sovereign...
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    the flag of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806–1918) in 1855. This was replaced with a yellow-red-yellow triband in 1891. Following the abolition of the monarchy...
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    Adolf Würth (category People from the Grand Duchy of Baden)
    industrial screw distributor. He is the father of Reinhold Würth. Würth was born in Ilsfeld, Grand Duchy of Baden to Friedrich Würth. His father was a farmer...
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    Walther Sommerlath (category German people of American descent)
    Tooling. Sommerlath was born and raised in Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden in the German Empire (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). His parents were Louis Carl...
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    Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg ruled in personal union until annexed 1 July 1876) Kingdom of Saxony Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Baden Grand Duchy of...
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    Ignaz Schwinn (category History of cycling)
    owned, the Schwinn Bicycle Company. He was born in the town of Hardheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, in 1860. In his early years, he completed a mechanical apprenticeship...
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