sad reunion with his son

A royal personality. Maximilian of Baden, Margrave of Baden, died on December 29 at the age of 89. If he enjoyed little notoriety for those who were not interested in the princely and royal families, he was indeed an eminent person. During the second funeral service, celebrated on January 13, the day after that reserved for his relatives, certain celebrities came to pay him a last tribute. This is notably the case of Albert II and his sister Caroline of Monaco, who was supported by his son Pierre Casiraghi.

It was with a serious air that the Princess of Hanover went, dressed all in black, to Salem, in Germany, to address one last goodbye to the margrave. The Monegasque royal family was far from the only dynasty to attend the event. Also present were King Philippe of Belgium, Prince and Princess Alexander of Schaumbourg-Lippe, Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg, Prince and Princess Leopold of Bavaria and Prince and Princess Hassan of Jordan.

A personality linked to the British royal family

If some had never heard of Maximilian of Baden, the rest of his family is particularly famous. Indeed, he was the eldest son of Margrave Berthold of Baden and his wife Princess Theodora of Greece. On his father’s side he was the grandson of Prince Max of Baden, last Chancellor of the German Empire, and on his mother’s side the grandson of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. . He was not only a descendant of Queen Victoria, but his mother, Theodora of Greece, was the younger sister of Philip of Greece, also known as Philip Mountbatten or Duke of Edinburgh. Maximilian of Baden was like this the nephew of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.