Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern

Countess Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern (1619 – 31 August 1688 in Baden-Baden) was the second wife of the Margrave William of Baden-Baden.

Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern
Born	1619
Died	(1688-08-31)31 August 1688 Baden-Baden
Noble family	House of Oettingen-Wallerstein
Spouse(s)	William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Father	Ernest I, Count of Oettingen-Baldern
Mother	Catherine of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig

Early life

Mary Magdalene was a daughter of Count Ernst I von Oettingen-Baldern (1584–1626) and his wife Countess Katharina von Helfenstein-Wiesensteig (1589–1638).

Personal life

She married Margrave William of Baden-Baden in 1650 in Vienna. They were the parents of:

• Philip Francis William (1652–1655), who died young.
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina (1655–1702), who married with Prince Ferdinand August of Lobkowicz (1655–1715) in 1680.
• Charles Bernard (1657–1678), who died in the Battle of Rheinfelden during the Franco-Dutch War.
• Eva
• Maria

Countess Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern was the teacher of her step-grandson, the future Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden after his mother did not want to live with her husband at the court in Baden-Baden and moved to Paris. Her husband, Maria Magdalena's step-son, Hereditary Prince Ferdinand Maximilian then had his 3-months-old son kidnapped from Paris back to Baden-Baden and asked Maria Magdalena to educate him (1655).