[citation needed] Countess Barbara of Oettingen studied alchemy intensively and is considered one of the most important women in the history of the field.

[citation needed] She employed several alchemists and corresponded extensively on this subject with her nephew, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

[citation needed] Barbara also performed numerous experiments for Emperor Rudolf II in his residence in Prague, until she was expelled from the court.

[2] Barbara died in Oettingen in 1618 was buried beside her husband in the Castle Church of St. Michael in Harburg.

[citation needed] Their tomb is decorated figure of the Countess at the side of her husband and his first wife.