by this happy event and pray Your Royal Highness to accept my sincere congratulations upon the occasion together with the assurances of my highest consideration." Prior to the marriage, Wilhelm had traveled to England as a potential suitor of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Wilhelm and Maria had two children: Princess Marie of Baden (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939), later Duchess of Anhalt as the wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (no issue) Prince Maximilian of Baden (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929) Candidate for the Greek throne Following the deposition of Otto of Greece and the Greek head of state referendum of 1862, Wilhelm was considered by Wilhelm I of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck as a candidate for the throne of the Kingdom of Greece. The Russian Empire's preferred candidate for the Greek throne fluctuated between Nicholas de Beauharnais, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg and Wilhelm, his brother-in-law. As a potential candidate, Wilhelm demanded no renunciations of rights to the Greek throne from King Otto's family in the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to The New York Times on 16 March 1863, then recent purchases of Greek bonds in London were the result of a report that Wilhelm was to be formally recommended for the throne. Later life Wilhelm was in attendance at the dedication of the monument to Martin Luther at Worms on 27 June 1868. Following the death of his brother-in-law Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Wilhelm traveled to Schloss Reinhardsbrunn on 23 August 1893 to visit his widowed sister Alexandrine and greet the Duke's successor, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. He attended the Duke's funeral procession and service in Coburg on 28 August 1893. Wilhelm died in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1897 at the age of 67. He was interred at the Grand Ducal Crypt Chapel () in the Fasanengarten in Karlsruhe. Titles, styles, honours and arms Titles and styles 18 December 1829 – 27 April 1897: His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Wilhelm of Baden Honours National honours Foreign honours : Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1852 : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold French Empire: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, June 1860 : Knight of the Annunciation : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I : Knight of St. Andrew Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class Knight