274 Staufenberg Castle Window 14
Inscription above: “Seiner Königlichen Hoheit dem Durchlauchtigsten Großherzog von Baden, dem Beschüzer der Kunst als Versuch der unter Höchst Seiner Regie..mung zu Freiburg wiederauflebenden Glasmahlerei auf das neue Jahr 1824 ehrfurchtsvoll gewidmet”
Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden Duke of Zähringen *9.2.1763, +30.03.1830. He was the third son of Karl Friedrich von Baden. After the death of his nephew, Grand Duke Karl, Ludwig ascended the throne of Baden in 1818. His marriage to Katharina Werner produced three children who, however, had no right of succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy.
Ludwig was succeeded in his regency by Karl Leopold von Baden in accordance with a regulation laid down at the Congress of Aachen in 1818. He acquired Staufenberg Castle as a private individual in 1832.
Grand Duke Ludwig probably promoted stained glass, as can be seen from the pane dedicated to him. This disc is still preserved today in Staufenberg Castle in the so-called “Tower Room”.