Maria Sophia of Dietrichstein explained

Maria Sophia of Dietrichstein (Maria Rosina Sophia;^[1] 11 July 1646 – 4 November 1711), was a German noblewoman by birth, member of the House of Dietrichstein, and by her two marriages Countess of Pötting auf Ober-Falkenstein and Lobkowicz.

She was the fifth child and second daughter of Maximilian, 2nd Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, and his second wife Sophie Agnes, a daughter of Wolfgang III, Count of Mansfeld-Vorderort-Bornstädt.^{[2] [3]}

Life

On April 16, 1662 Maria Sophia married Franz Eusebius, Count of Pötting auf Ober-Falkenstein (d. 1678). They had three children, all of them born in Madrid, who died in infancy: María Inés, Francisca Eusebia and Maximiliano Adán.

On 12 June 1681, Maria Sophia married secondly with Count Václav Ferdinand Popel of Lobkowicz (22 December 1654 – 8 October 1697). They had five children:^[4]

• Leopold Josef (17 January 1683 – 19 May 1707).
• Terezie Ludmila (23 January 1684 – 7 August 1684).
• Eleonore Katharina Charlotte (1 April 1685 – 3 March 1712), married on 17 October 1703 to Filip Hyacint Josef, Prince of Lobkowicz.
• Ludvík Filip (12 August 1687 – 27 December 1687).
• Ferdinand (born and died 28 May 1689).

Maria Sophia died aged 65. She was buried in Loreta, Prague.

Notes and References

1. http://www.historie.hranet.cz/heraldika/jh/JH_2009_1.pdf JIHOČESKÝ HEROLD, p. 37
2. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Genealogy of the House of Dietrichstein (Nikolsburg line) . genealogy.euweb.cz . 28 April 2015 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507021604/http://genealogy.euweb.cz/dietrich/dietrich6.html#M . live .
3. http://rmm.cz/dietrichstein/dietrich/maxmilian_2.html Maxmilián II. – 1. kníže Dietrichstein in: rmm.cz
4. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Genealogy of the House of Lobkowicz . genealogy.euweb.cz . 28 April 2015 . 29 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529023914/http://genealogy.euweb.cz/lobkow/lobkow9.html#VF . live .