Editing Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
|+
! colspan="2" |HRH The Grand Duke of Baden
|-
| colspan="2" |[[File:Zahringen Bernhard.jpg|center|frameless]]
|-
|'''Titles'''
|Grand Duke of [[Baden]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|29 December 2022 - present
|-
|'''Coronation'''
|7 July 2023
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden|Maximilian II]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|27 May 1970 (age 54)
Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (b. 1973)|Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria]]
(m. 2001)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden|Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke]]
[[Prince Friedrich of Baden|Prince Friedrich]]

[[Prince Karl Wilhelm of Baden|Prince Karl Wilhelm]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav
Ludwig Kraft
|-
|'''House'''
|Zahringen
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Archduchess Valerie of Austria]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden''' (born ''Bernhard, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden'' on 27 May 1970) is the current reigning Grand Duke of Baden. He is also a member of the Bavarian Royal Family as the nephew-in-law of '''[[Franz, King of Bavaria]]'''.

==Life==
Bernhard was born the second child and eldest son of '''Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden''' and '''Archduchess Valerie of Austria'''.

Bernhard succeeded his father as Grand Duke on 29 December 2022.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 22 June 2001, Bernhard married '''Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria'''. Bernhard and Elisabeth have three sons, '''Leopold, Friedrich,''' and '''Karl Wilhelm'''. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Zahringen_Leopold.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden|Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke]]
|18 May 2002
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Zahringen_Friedrich.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Friedrich of Baden|Prince Friedrich]]
|9 March 2004
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Zahringen_Karl-Wilhelm.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Karl Wilhelm of Baden|Prince Karl Wilhelm]]
|11 February 2006
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Baden Karlsruhe Palace.jpg|Karlsruhe Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Baden New Castle.jpg|New Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Baden Schloss Favorite.JPG|Schloss Rastatt; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Bavaria Nymphenburg Palace.jpg|Nymphenburg Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1970-2022'''   Bernhard, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden
* '''2022-present'''   Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Baden_Order_of_Fidelity.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Fidelity (2001)

[[File:Honours_Baden_Military_Karl_Friedrich_Merit_Order.png|frameless|75x75px]] Military Karl Friedrich Merit Order (2022)

[[File:Honours_Baden_Order_of_Berthold_I.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Berthold I (2010)

[[File:Honours_Baden_Order_of_the_Zahringer_Lion.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Zahringer Lion (1988)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_Max_Joseph.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Max Joseph (2001) (Bavaria)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2023) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden]]
|[[Grand Duke Berthold of Baden]]
[[Princess Theodora of Greece]]
|[[Grand Duke Maximilian I of Baden]]
[[Princess Marie Louise of Hanover]]<br>
[[Prince Andrew of Greece]]<br>
[[Princess Alice of Battenberg]]
|[[Prince William of Baden]]
[[Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg]]<br>
[[King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover]]<br>
[[Princess Thyra of Denmark]]<br>
[[King George I of Greece]]<br>
[[Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia]]<br>
[[Prince Louis of Battenberg]]<br>
[[Princess Victoria of Hesse]]
|-
|[[Archduchess Valerie of Austria]]
|[[Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria]]
[[Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm]]
|[[Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria]]
[[Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria]]<br>
[[Hereditary Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm]]<br>
[[Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1879)|Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria]]
|[[Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria]]
[[Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies]]<br>
[[Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria]]<br>
[[Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria]]<br>
[[Alfred II, Prince of Salm-Salm]]<br>
[[Countess Rosa of Lutzow]]<br>
[[Duke Friedrich of Teschen]]<br>
[[Princess Isabella of Croy]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
|+
! colspan="3" |Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden
House of Zahringen 

Born: 27 May 1970 
|-
| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Baden]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center>Incumbent
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden|'''<small>Maximilian II</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Ethan Hawke
[[Category:Baden]]
[[Category:House Zahringen]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Baden]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]