Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Who was Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach?

Friedrich VII Magnus of Zähringen was the Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1677 until his death.

Born at Ueckermünde, he was the son of Margrave Friedrich VI and Countess Palatine Christine Magdalene of Cleeburg. He succeeded to his father as Margrave in 1677. He got involved into the Nine Years' War and, after the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, he received the title of a Margrave of Basel, although it was only a formal title and he never had a real power over the Swiss city. He took again part in the War of the Spanish Succession, as one the leaders of the Imperial Army and, some of the battles were fought in his territories.

He died at Durlach in 1709 and was succeeded in the Margraviate by his son, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach