Ancestral Trails 2016 » Philibert von BADEN-BADEN (1536-1569)

Personal data Philibert von BADEN-BADEN 

  • He was born on January 22, 1536 in Burg Hohenbaden, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • He died on October 3, 1569 in Montcontour, he was 33 years old.
  • A child of Bernhard von BADEN-BADEN and Franziska de LIGNY

Household of Philibert von BADEN-BADEN

He is married to Mechthild von BAVARIA.

They got married on January 17, 1557, he was 20 years old.


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Notes about Philibert von BADEN-BADEN

Margrave Philibert of Baden (22 January 1536, in Baden-Baden - 3 October 1569, in Montcontour) ruled the Margraviate of Baden-Baden from 1554 to 1569. Philibert was the son of the Margrave Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Franziska of Luxembourg.

Philibert spent part of his youth at the court of Duke William IV of Bavaria in Munich. William, who later became his father-in-law, was known for his strict Catholic perspective and brought the Jesuits to Bavaria. Margrave Philibert was a supporter of Protestantism and converted to it, undeterred by his father-in-law. In 1555 he took part in the negotiations that resulted in the Peace of Augsburg. In 1565 he wanted to come to the aid of the Huguenots in France with 1,500 men. Emperor Maximilian II, however, told him not to do so and Philibert acquiesced.

In 1566, Philibert served in the Imperial army, fighting in Hungary against Sultan Suleiman I. In 1569 he even fought against the Huguenots. He fought on the side of King Charles IX of France, the son in law of Emperor Maximilian II.

Philibert was killed on 3 October 1569 in the Battle of Moncontour against the Huguenots, which the French king won. According to his friend, Heinrich von Stein, he left the battlefield alive and was then pursued by the Huguenots to a castle on the Spanish border, where they caught up with him and killed him. He left a 10-year-old son, Philip who succeeded him as Margrave Philip II. Philip II had an older sister Jakobea and two younger sisters. Philibert's uncle Albert V brought the siblings to Munich and raised them there.

Margrave Philibert was a Protestant, but he was very tolerant in matters of faith. He gave his subjects freedom of religion and he even married a Catholic, Mechthild of Bavaria.

Philibert married on 17 January 1557 Mechthild of Bavaria (born: 14 June 1532; died: 2 November 1565), daughter of the Duke William IV of Bavaria. They had five children:

Jakobea (born: 16 January 1558; died: 3 September 1597, killed in Düsseldorf), married Duke John William of Jülich-Berg-Cleves.
Philip II (born: 19 February 1559 in Baden-Baden, died: 17 June 1588), Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Anna Maria (born: 22 May 1562; died: 25 April 1583 Trebon).
Maria Salome (born: 1 February 1563; died: 30 April 1600 in Pfreimd).
Son (born and died on 31 October 1565).
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Birthday January 22, 1536

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1536: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
    • February 2 » Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • May 2 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
    • May 6 » King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
    • May 6 » The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
    • May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.

Day of marriage January 17, 1557

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1557: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 30 » Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
    • July 6 » King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
    • August 10 » Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
    • August 27 » The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.

Day of death October 3, 1569

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1569: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » First recorded lottery in England.
    • July 1 » Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.


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