Louis George of Baden-Baden was the Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1707 till his death in 1761.
Background
From 1707 till 1727 his mother Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg was the regent of Baden-Baden. He was born at the Schloss Ettlingen and was the son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden from birth, at the death of his father in 1707, he succeeded as Margrave of Baden-Baden at the age of four.
As such, his mother was regent of Baden-Baden while he was a minor.
At the age of 16 years, the young prince in love with Marie Leszczyńska, daughter of the former king of Poland but the couple were never to unite.
Career
Because of his passion for hunting he was nicknamed Jägerlouis, the "hunter Louis". He reached his majority on 22 October 1727 at the age of 25. Marie was later the consort of Louis XV of France.
As an unmarried prince, in the summer of 1720 he and his mother travelled to Prague where he would meet his future spouse (first of two) at the Schloss Hluboka nad Vltavou.
The chosen bride was Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg, a daughter of Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg and Eleonore of Schwarzenberg. His mother travelled to Vienna in order to seek permission from Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
The couple were the parents of four children, of whom only one survive infancy. As a wedding gift, his mother gave him her hunting lodge at Fremersberg.
The second marriage remained childless.
His mother retired to the Schloss Ettlingen where she died in 1733. The son of a famous military general, Louis George"s main passion was for hunting (much like his contemporary Louis XV) and was nicknamed Jägerlouis, the "hunter Louis", a play on his father"s nickname Türkenlouis ("Turk Louis") due to his famous efforts again Louis XIV in the field and as part of the Imperial Army. Louis George, from 1707 till 1731 was the Royal Colonel of the 4th Circle Infantry Regiment (mixt) of the Swabian Circle but during the War of the Polish Succession, he hunted dear to his possessions in Bohemia.
He returned only after 1735 in Vienna closed preliminary peace of the Treaty of Vienna.
He died at the Schloss Rastatt in October 1761 at the age of 59. Maria Anna Josepha retired to Munich where she died in 1776 and was buried at the Theatine Church.
Elisabeth Augusta (Rastatt, 16 March 1726 – Freiburg, 7 January 1789), married on 2 February 1755 to Michael Wenzel, Count of Althann. Number issue. Charles Louis Damian (Rastatt, 25 August 1728 – Carlsbad, 6 July 1734), Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden.
Louis George (Schlackenwerth, 11 August 1736 – Rastatt, 11 March 1737), Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden.
Johanna (Rastatt, 28 April 1737 – Rastatt, 29 April 1737). Titles and styles
7 June 1702 – 4 January 1707: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden
4 January 1707 – 22 October 1761: His Serene Highness The Margrave of Baden-Baden.