Frederick V (Margrave of Baden-Durlach)

Frederick V was the son of the margrave Georg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach and his first wife Juliana Ursula Salmska. He was educated in Sulzburg . In the years 1613-1614, Frederick V made a grand tour of France, Britain and the Netherlands.

In 1622, the Court Council decided to give the margrave of Baden-Baden to Edward Fortunat . The disappointed margrave Georg Friedrich abdicated from the throne on April 22, 1622 in favor of his son Frederick V. Friedrich ruled Baden-Durlach until his death in 1659.

After Baden-Durlach lost the battle of Wimpfen , the country was ravaged by Tilly's troops. Durlah and other unprotected cities were repeatedly burned or looted. Frederick V did not receive his imperial investiture until 1627, and then only under severe restrictions. People ineffably suffered over that period. In 1648, a plague broke out in Durlah, which killed even more people. Protestant Frederick V was overthrown by Emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years War . Ferdinand II gave Baden-Durlach to the Catholic margrave of Baden-Baden. Then Frederick left politics until the end of the war.

In 1632, Prince Anhalt-Köthen Ludwig I made Frederick V a member of his Fruit Society . The society awarded Frederick the nickname "Relative" ( him. Der Verwandte ) and a bunch of grapes as his emblem. Frederick was the 207th member of society.

To avoid a Restitution Edict , Frederick V joined the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf and resumed his alliance with Sweden and France in 1635 after the battle of Nördlingen . Consequently, Frederick V was excluded from the amnesty granted by the Diet in 1640.

At the peace negotiations in Münster, which led to the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia , Friedrich was represented by his adviser, amtmann Johann Georg Merkelbach of Badenweiler . Baden-Durlach was returned to Friedrich V, but did not receive Upper Baden. Frederick returned to Durlach in 1650 and in 1654 he promulgated a new civil code, which his father created in 1622.

Frederick V died on September 8, 1659 at the age of 65 in the castle of Carlsburg in Durlach.

• The first wife (from December 21, 1616) was Barbara of Württemberg (December 4, 1593 - May 8, 1627), the daughter of Duke Frederick I of Württemberg . The couple had seven children:

1. Frederick VI (November 16, 1617 - January 31, 1677), imperial military leader and margrave of Baden-Durlach in 1659-1677
2. Sybil (November 4, 1618 - July 7, 1623)
3. Karl Magnus (March 27, 1621 - November 29, 1658)
4. Barbara (June 6, 1622 - September 13, 1639)
5. Johanna (December 5, 1623 - January 2, 1661), 1st husband (from 1640) - Swedish commander-in-chief Johan Baner (1596-1641); 2nd husband (from 1648) - Earl Henrik von Thurn (died 1656)
6. Frederick (April 6, 1625 - June 16, 1645)
7. Christine (December 25, 1626 - July 11, 1627)

• The second wife (from October 8, 1627) was Eleonora Solms-Laubach (September 9, 1605 - July 6, 1633), the daughter of Count Albert Otto Albrecht I of Solms-Laubach. The couple had three children:

1. Anna Philip (September 9, 1629 - December 27, 1629)
2. Eleanor (died November 15, 1630)
3. Bernhard Gustav (December 24, 1631 - December 26, 1677), Major General in the Swedish Army; in 1665 he converted to Catholicism; from 1668, Prince Abbot in Kempten; from 1671 also the abbot of Fulda Abbey ; since 1672 the cardinal in Santa Susanna

• The third wife (from January 21, 1634) - Maria Elizaveta Waldek-Eisenberg (September 2, 1608 - February 19, 1643), daughter of Count Volrade IV Waldeck-Eisenberg. The marriage was childless.

• The fourth wife (from February 13, 1644) was Anna Maria von Gauguin-Geroldsekskaya (October 28, 1593 - May 25, 1649), the widow of Count Friedrich Solms-Laubach, and daughter Jacob von Gauguin-Geroldsekski. The marriage was childless.

• The fifth wife (from May 20, 1650) is Eusebius Elizabeth of Furstenberg (died June 8, 1676), the daughter of Count Christoph II of Furstenberg. The marriage was childless.