II, was the first to use the title of Margrave of Baden in 1112. Now more commonly known as the House of Baden, Herman's descendants ruled successively as margraves until the Final Recess of 1803, as electors of the Electorate of Baden until 1806, then as Grand Dukes of Baden until the end of the German monarchy in 1918. For the Heads of the House of Baden until 1918 see List of rulers of Baden. Heads of the House of Baden since 1918: Leopold I, Grand Duke (1790–1852) Friedrich I, Grand Duke (1826–1907) Friedrich II, Grand Duke 1907–1928 (1857–1928) Prince William of Baden (1829–1897) Maximilian, Prince and Margrave, 1928–1929 (1867–1929) Berthold, 1929–1963 (1906–1963) Maximilian, 1963–2022 (1933–2022) Bernhard, 2022–present (born 1970) Leopold, (born 2002) Friedrich (born 2004) Karl-Wilhelm (born 2006) Leopold (born 1971) Michael (born 1976) Ludwig of Baden (born 1937) Berthold of Baden (born 1976) Dukes of Teck Adalbert I (d. 1195) was a son of Duke Conrad I of Zähringen. Upon the death of his brother Berthold IV in 1186, he inherited the family estates around Teck Castle and, from 1187, adopted the title of Duke of Teck. His descendant Conrad II of Teck (1235–1292) allegedly was designated King of the Romans shortly before his assassination. The line became extinct in 1439 with the death of Louis of Teck, Patriarch of Aquileia. In 1871, a ducal title with the same name was granted by King Charles I of Württemberg to Prince Francis of Teck (1837–1900), a morganatic son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg. Francis' daughter Mary of Teck (1867–1953), as the wife of King George V, became Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India. Francis’s surviving children ceased using their German titles during World War I and (aside from Queen Mary) took the name “Cambridge” with his eldest son Adolphus being made Marquess of Cambridge and his youngest son Alexander being made Earl of Athlone. This branch of the family died out in the male line in 1981 and in its entirety in 1994 with the death of Francis’s granddaughter, Lady Mary Abel Smith. See also Zähringerbrunnen Notes References External links Zähringen Castle – original castle of the Zähringer German noble families 962 establishments