Editing Valerie, Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right"
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! colspan="2" |HRH The Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Habsburg_Valerie.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Dowager Grand Duchess of [[Baden]]
Archduchess of [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|23 September 1966 - 29 December 2022
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Princess Theodora of Greece]]
|-
|'''Successor'''
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (b. 1973)|Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|23 May 1941 (age 84)
Vienna, Austria, Austria-Hungary
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden]]
(m. 1966; w. 2022)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Marie Louise, Princess of Panagyurishte]]
[[Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden|Bernhard]]

[[Prince Leopold of Baden|Prince Leopold]]

[[Prince Michael of Baden|Prince Michael]]
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|'''Name'''
|Valerie Isabella Maria Anna Alfonsa
Thomasia Huberta Josepha Ignatia 
|-
|'''House'''
|Habsburg (by birth)
Zahringen (by marriage)
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Valerie, Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden''' (born ''Archduchess Valerie of Austria'' on 23 May 1941) is a member of the Baden Grand Ducal Family as the mother of '''[[Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden]]'''. 

==Life==
Valerie was born the ninth child and seventh daughter of '''Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria''' and '''Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 23 September 1966, Valerie married [[Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden|'''Grand Duke Maximilian II of Baden''']] in Karlsruhe. Maximilian and Valerie had four children, '''Marie Louise, Bernhard, Leopold,''' and '''Michael'''.

Valerie was widowed in 2022.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Zahringen_Marie_Louise.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Marie Louise, Princess of Panagyurishte]]
|3 July 1969
|
|[[Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte]] (m. 1993); has issue
|-
|[[File:Zahringen_Bernhard.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden|Bernhard]]
|27 May 1970
|
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (b. 1973)|Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria]] (m. 2001); has issue
|-
|[[File:Zahringen Leopold 1971.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Leopold of Baden|Prince Leopold]]
|1 October 1971
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|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Zahringen Michael.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Michael of Baden|Prince Michael]]
|11 March 1976
|
|[[Alexander von Wasielewski]] (m. 2015)
|}

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

== Sartorial Information ==

=== Tiara Collection ===
<gallery>
File:Tiaras Austria Valerie Diamond Tiara.jpg|(1957) Diamond Tiara; 16th birthday gift from her parents
File:Tiaras Austria Valerie Bow Tiara.jpg|(1966) Bow Tiara; Wedding gift from her husband
File:Tiaras Austria Valerie Strawberry Leaves Tiara.jpg|(1966) Strawberry Leaves Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents
</gallery>

=== Clothing Collection ===
Clothing Collection

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1941-1966'''   Archduchess Valerie of Austria
* '''1966-2022'''   Valerie, Grand Duchess of Baden
* '''2022-present'''   Valerie, Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden

=== National Honours ===
[[File:Honours_Baden_Order_of_Fidelity.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Fidelity (1970)

[[File:Honours_Baden_Order_of_the_Zahringer_Lion.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Zahringer Lion (1966)

=== Foreign Honours ===
[[File:Honours_Austria_Order_of_the_Iron_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Iron Crown (1959) (Austria)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (1979) (Germany)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Louise.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Louise (1979) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria]]
|[[Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria]]
[[Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria]]
|[[Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria]]
[[Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies]]

[[Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria]]

[[Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria]]
|[[Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany]]
[[Princess Marie Antoinette of the Two Sicilies]]<br>
[[King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]]<br>
[[Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria]]<br>
[[Archduke Franz Karl of Austria]]<br>
[[Princess Sophie of Bavaria]]<br>
[[Prince Maximilian of Bavaria]]<br>
[[Princess Ludovika of Bavaria]]
|-
|[[Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm]]
|[[Hereditary Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm]]
[[Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1879)|Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria]]
|[[Alfred II, Prince of Salm-Salm]]
[[Countess Rosa of Lutzow]]

[[Duke Friedrich of Teschen]]

[[Princess Isabella of Croy]]
|[[Alfred I, Prince of Salm-Salm]]
[[Princess Augustine of Croy]]<br>
[[Franz, Count of Lutzow]]<br>
[[Henriette Seymour]]<br>
[[Duke Charles Ferdinand of Teschen]]<br>
[[Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria]]<br>
[[Duke Rudolf of Croy]]<br>
[[Princess Nathalie of Ligne]]
|}
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[[Category:Baden]]
[[Category:Consorts of Baden]]