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Louis William, Margrave of Baden, born April 8 1655 in Paris and died January 4 1707 at his unfinished palace in Rastatt . He was the margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany. Louis William was a son of Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Of Baden-Baden ( 23 September 1625 – 4 November 1669 ) and Princess Luisa Francesca Of Savoy-Carignan ( 1 August 1627 – 7 Julu 1689 ). His father was elder son of Margrave William Of Baden-Baden and died before death of his father. Louis was called the ''Türkenlouis'' or ''shield of the empire''. The Turks called him the ''red king'' because his red uniform jacket made him very visible on the battlefield. He was a defender of Europe against the Turks, as was his better-known first cousin, Prince Eugene Of Savoy . Louis was a military commander in the service of the Holy Roman Empire . In 1689 he was made chief commander of the imperial army in Hungary , where he scored a resounding victory against the Ottomans at Slankamen in 1691. Shortly afterward he was sent to head the army of the Rhine in the War Of The Grand Alliance . He later led the imperial army in the War Of The Spanish Succession where he captured Landau in September 1702 , but soon had to withdraw across the Rhine and was defeated by the French under Claude-Louis-Hector De Villars at Friedlingen after which he gave up his command; he died a few months later. He was the husband of Princess Sibylle Auguste Of Saxe-Lauenburg . They had the following children:
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