Background
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.
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.
In 1672, Maria Sophia married firstly with Franz Eusebius, Count of Pötting auf Ober-Falkenstein (d 1678). They had no children. 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:
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 59.
She was buried in Loreta, Prague.