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Friedrich II. Grand Duke of Baden
(9.7.1857 - 9.8.1928)
place of birth:  Karlsruhe, Großherzogtum Baden 
Generaloberst m.d.R. GFM:  11 September 1909


T
he eldest son of Grand Duke Friedrich I
. and Grand Duchess Luise von Baden who succeeded his father as leader of Baden in 1907. Friedrich II. was rather well-liked as a leader and continued his father's progressive policies until the so-called November Revolution of 1918 forced his abdication. As head of Baden's military forces, he also served as a colonel general with the rank of field marshal, attaining that status in September 1918. He died in August 1928 and is buried in Badenweiler.









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