Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Founder of the Ernestine line of Baden

Margrave Ernest I of Baden-Durlach was the founder of the so-called "Ernestine" line of the House of Baden, the line from which the later Grand Dukes descended. He was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim from 1533 and resided in Pforzheim from 1537. In 1565, his son Charles…