Max, Margrave of Baden

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard; born 3 July 1933), is the current head of the Grand Ducal House of Baden.

Early life
Maximilian was born in Salem, Bodensee, Germany the elder son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Through his mother, he is the eldest living nephew of Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and is first cousin to Charles, Prince of Wales.

Marriage and children
After a broken engagement to his first cousin Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the daughter of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Maximilian married Archduchess Valerie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, in a civil ceremony on 23 September 1966 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, followed by a religious ceremony on 30 September 1966 in Persenbeug Castle, Austria.

They have four children:
 * Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (b. 3 July 1969), married in a civil ceremony at Salem on 15 September 1999 and in a religious ceremony on 25 September 1999 to Zentatsu Richard Baker, born Richard Dudley Baker (b. 30 March 1936); she has one daughter.
 * Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Hereditary Prince of Baden (b. 27 May 1970); married 2001 Stephanie Anne Kaul. They have three sons:
 * Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (b.1 October 1971), unmarried and without issue
 * Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (b. 11 March 1976), married in Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, without issue