Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg

Princess Marie Victoire
Painting of Marie Victoire by Johann Wolfgang Hauwiller, ca. 1770
Margravine consort of Baden-Baden
Tenure	22 October 1761 – 21 October 1771
Spouse(s)	Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Noble family	House of Arenberg (by birth) House of Zähringen (by marriage)
Father	Léopold Philippe, Duke of Arenberg
Mother	Maria Lodovica Francesca Pignatelli
Born	(1714-10-26)26 October 1714 Brussels, Belgium
Died	13 April 1793(1793-04-13) (aged 78) Strasbourg
Buried	Stiftskirche, Baden-Baden

Princess Marie Victoire of Arenberg (Marie Victoire Pauline; 26 October 1714 – 13 April 1793) was a member of the House of Arenberg and later the Margravine of Baden-Baden as consort of Augustus George of Baden-Baden. She is credited for her charitable nature setting up various religious orders in her adopted Baden-Baden where she was known as Maria Viktoria.

Marie Victoire was born in Brussels the eldest daughter of Léopold Philippe, Duke of Arenberg. Her mother was Maria Lodovica Francesca Pignatelli, a grand daughter of Ottone Enrico del Carretto was an Imperial Army commander like her own father. As a member of the House of Arenberg, she was allowed the style of Serene Highness reflecting the Arenbergs status as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

She was one of six children, her only surviving brother being Charles Marie Raymond, Duke of Arenberg, another distinguished member of the imperial army. She was a childhood friend of the future Empress Maria Theresa.

She was a cousin of Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne, wife of Count Palatine John Christian and mother of the last Wittelsbach Elector of Bavaria.

Marie Victoire received a strict Roman Catholic education and in later life, spent much of her larger personal fortune on charitable foundations related to the Catholic Church. She was also active in the care of children and Catholic education of young women. She also had a good education in music and the arts.