Max von Baden

The prince Maximilian von Baden , born on July 10th, 1867 with Baden-Baden and dead on November 6th, 1929 with Salem, was a Militaire and German politician . He was with the autumn 1918 the first imperial Chancelier supported by a parliamentary majority, but transmitted at the end of a few weeks his functions to Friedrich Ebert after having proclaimed the abdication of the emperor Guillaume II.

Family

Wire of Guillaume de Bade T 1897 and of Marie born Large-Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Princess Romanovsky ° 10/17/1841

Max von Baden married the 7/10/1900 with Marie-Louise, Princesse of Large Brittany and of Ireland, born the October 11th 1879 - 1948). (girl of Ernest Auguste II of Hanover)

Two children were born from this union:

  • Marie Alexandra de Bade, born the 8/1/1902. deceased the January 29th 1944, it married Wolfgang Maurice de Hesse-Cassel. It was killed during a bombardment combined on the town of Frankfurt.

Maximilian de Bade belonged to the fourth branch of the Maison of Bade, itself resulting from the first branch of the ducal House of Bade. Maximilien de Bade belonged to the line of Bade-Durlach known as line Ernestine founded by Ernest de Bade-Durlach, this line is currently represented by the prince Maximilien de Bade.

In 1906 Cmdt of the 1° Regiment of Dragons Badois N°20 of the Empire, as Lt-Colonel,

Biography

Maximilien de Bade was a rather liberal statesman. It last chancellor of imperial Germany. Named in October 1918 in order to engage of the talks with the allies in the last days of the First World War. Although it issued reserves on the manners of acting German general Staff, it agreed to lead the negotiations.

It formed a coalition government including/understanding the democrats, and the social democrats of Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann.

The efforts of Maximilian de Bade and its government were stopped by the revolt of the sailors of Kiel in November 1918, this revolt extended in all the German empire and was transformed into revolution. Maximilien de Bade conscious of the gravity of the situation advised with Guillaume II of Germany to abdicate to save monarchy, but, in spite of the councils of Paul von Hindenburg and Friedrich Ebert, the Kaise R refused this proposal.

Under the pressure of the German Revolution, Maximilien de Bade announced the abdication of Guillaume II of Germany without the assent of Kaiser, then resigned in its turn in favor of Friedrich Ebert the November 9th 1918, the Republic was immediately proclaimed in Germany.

Maximilian de Bade withdrew political life.

Internal bonds

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