Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg

Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (7 November 1677, Stuttgart – 30 October 1742, Karlsburg Castle, Durlach) was a margravine of Baden. She had a place in the regency during the minority of her grandson from 1738 to 1742.

Life She was the youngest daughter of Duke William Louis of Württemberg and Landgravine Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt. In order to strengthen the ties between Baden and Württemberg, she was married on 27 June 1697 to the Hereditary Prince of Baden and later Margrave Charles William of Baden-Durlach. As Magdalena Wilhelmine had a big nose and blemishes, she did not meet the ideals of beauty held by Charles William, who loved beautiful women. She also suffered from a "chronic cough" and recurring fever. After they had a son and heir, the couple grew apart. When in 1715 Charles William founded his new residence Karlsruhe, he alone moved into the new palace, while his wife remained in the Karlsburg Castle.

After Charles III William died in 1738, Magdalena Wilhelmine held a post in the guardian government of her nine-year-old grandson Charles Frederick. After her death, she was buried in the margraviate tomb in St. Michael's church in Pforzheim.

Issue Only one of the couple's three children lived to adulthood: Karl Magnus (January 21, 1701 – January 12, 1712), first crown prince, died in late childhood. Frederick (October 7, 1703 – March 26, 1732), second crown prince, died before his father did and therefore never came to government in Durlach. Auguste Magdalena (November 13, 1706 – September 25, 1709), died in early childhood.

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