Maximilian was briefly engaged to his first cousin,
Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (daughter of his maternal aunt,
Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), although this was eventually broken off. In 1963, he followed his father as head of the former
grand ducal house of Baden, styled
HRH The Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen. In 1966, he married Archduchess Valerie of
Austria (b. 1941), daughter of
Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and his wife,
Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm. They were married civilly on 23 September 1966 at
Salem and religiously on 30 September 1966 at
Persenbeug Castle in
Lower Austria. The Margrave and Margravine had four children: • Princess Marie Louise Elisabeth Mathilde Theodora Cecilie Sarah Charlotte of Baden (born Salem, 3 July 1969); she married, civilly, at Salem on 15 September 1999 and religiously on 25 September 1999,
Richard Dudley Baker, had issue. •
Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Louis Kraft, Margrave of Baden (born Salem, 27 May 1970) • Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (born Salem, 1 October 1971), unmarried and without issue. • Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (born Salem, 11 March 1976); he married at Salem on 4 July 2015 Christina Höhne, daughter of Claus Höhne and wife Herlinde or Gerlinde Geiger, without issue. The Margravine represented the Margrave for the
funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, his aunt, at
Westminster Abbey in London on 19 September 2022, with Prince Bernhard and his wife, Princess Stephanie. ==Death==