The order of succession to the Baden throne

At the end of the 18th century, the Baden Ducal House was on the verge of extinction. By 1817, the Grand Duke Karl (1786-1818) and his unmarried uncle, Prince Ludwig (1763-1830) were male representatives of the dynasty. In the event of the extinction of the male line of the dynasty, the Baden ducal throne was to pass to the Bavarian king Maximilian I. The only alternative for the Grand Duke Karl of Baden was the recognition of his uncles, Counts von Hochberg, Leopold (1790–1852), Wilhelm (1792–1859) and Maximilian (1796–1882), born in an morganatic marriage, as full members of the ducal dynasty. On October 4, 1817, the Grand Duke Karl issued a dynastic law recognizing his uncle as princes of Baden. On July 10, 1819, the rights of Counts Hochberg to the Baden duke's throne were recognized by the great powers ^[2] . In 1830, after the death of Duke Ludwig, Count Leopold von Hochberg inherited the Baden Duke's throne. His descendants ruled Baden until 1918 .

In the Grand Duchy of Baden, the order of inheritance was determined in accordance with hemispherical law with an advantage for male members of the dynasty. Women were allowed to inherit only upon the complete cessation of all male descendants of this dynasty.

Succession order in 1918

Margrave Max Baden and Princess Sophia of Isenburg at the funeral of Archduke Otto von Habsburg in 2011