Prince William of Baden

{{Short description|German prince (1792–1859)}}

{{Expand German|topic=bio|Wilhelm von Baden (1792–1859)|date=August 2012}}

{{For|other people called Prince William of Baden|Prince William of Baden (disambiguation)}}

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Margrave Wilhelm of Baden (8 April 1792 in Karlsruhe{{cite book |title=Östreichische militärische Zeitschrift |date=1907 |publisher=Unton Strauss. |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyypDZf674gC&dq=Wilhelm+von+Baden+%E2%80%9E8.+April+1792%E2%80%9C&pg=RA1-PA57 |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=de}} – 11 October 1859 in Karlsruhe{{cite book |last1=Pralle |first1=K. |last2=Gessner |first2=A. |title=Geschichte des 4. Badischen Infanterie- Regiments Prinz Wilhelm Nr. 112 |date=1897 |publisher=Mittler |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=romYO6PLmsUC&dq=Wilhelm+von+Baden+%E2%80%9E11+oktober+1859%22+Karlsruhe&pg=PA13 |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=de}}) was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg (26 May 1768 – 23 July 1820), the daughter of Lt. Col. Baron Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Geyer von Geyersberg and his wife, Countess Maximiliana Christiane von Sponeck. Because his marriage to Luise was considered by the House of Baden as morganatic, Wilhelm, for a time, had no succession rights to the Grand Duchy. For most of his life he was a part of the military, notably achieving the rank of colonel and commanding the Baden brigade in the Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia.{{cite web |title=Wilhelm - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz60636.html#adbcontent |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=de}}