Augustus George of Baden-Baden was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1761 till his death in 1771.
Background
Born at the Schloss Rastatt, he was the youngest son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, a distinguished member of the Imperial Army and his wife Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, sister of the future Grand Duchess of Tuscany
In 1707 his father died and his older brother Louis George, Hereditary prince of Baden-Baden succeeded as the ruler of the state with a regency held by his mother.
Career
He was the son in law of Léopold Philippe d"Arenberg. As such, at the age of 20 he took religious vows and was later a canon of Cologne in 1726 and 1728 dean at Augsburg. His mother died in 1733.
She had been a popular ruler.
The couple married 7 December 1735 at the Schloss Rastatt but would be childless. The contract detailing the Baden-Durlach inheritance was signed in 1765, six years before Augustus George died.
He died at the Schloss Rastatt aged 65. In the reign of the Margrave August Georg a school order, a fire insurance fund was introduced and a widow.
He also set up in honor of his father, the Turks Louis, the "Tuerckische chamber in the castle of Rastatt, where the Ottoman spoils were kept.
Membership
Her brother was Charles Marie Raymond, a member of the Imperial Army like Augustus George"s own father.