Page "History of Baden" Paragraph 36

In his relations with the German empire, too, Frederick proved himself rather a great German noble than a sovereign prince actuated by particularist ambitions ; and his position as husband of the emperor William I's only daughter, Louise ( whom he had married in 1856 ), gave him a peculiar influence in the councils of Berlin.

When, on September 20, 1906, the Grand Duke celebrated at once the jubilee of his reign and his golden wedding anniversary, all Europe combined to do him honour.

King Edward VII sent him, by the hands of the Duke of Connaught, the order of the Garter.

But more significant, perhaps, was the tribute paid by Le Temps, the leading Parisian paper: