Maria van der Eycken, Vrouwe van Rivieren

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BIOGRAPHY Maria was born in 1571 in Brussels, the daughter of Joost van der Eycken, Governor of Breda, and Barbara de Mol.

On 13 March 1591 in Brussels, Maria married Eduard Fortunatus, Markgraf von Baden-Baden, son of Christoph II, Markgraf von Baden-Rodemachern, and Cäcilie of Sweden. They had three sons and a daughter, of whom Wilhelm and Hermann Fortunatus would have progeny.

As Maria was not a member of the high nobility, she was not considered a befitting wife for a margrave and their children were never accepted as relatives by Eduard's cousin Ernst Friedrich, Markgraf von Baden-Durlach. Nevertheless, their son Wilhelm would inherit Baden-Baden.

Maria died on 21 April 1636 in Porta Angelica Monastery in the Flaumbach Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Eicken

Weil Marie keine standesgemäße Partie war hatten ihre Söhne keine Ansprüche ans Erbe, sie waren nicht "successionsfähig". Der erbberechtige Vetter wechselte zum lutheranischen Glauben, dadurch bekamen Eduards Söhne (als brave Katholiken) wieder Chancen, ein Jesuit unterstützte sie. In dem Krieg wechselte die Grafschaft aber so häufig die Konfession, dass nichts draus wurde.