Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein

Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein (1624–1705) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1693 to 1705.
Biography.
Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein was born in Birseck Castle on January 10, 1624.
On August 3, 1688, the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be coadjutor bishop of Basel. On September 27, 1690, Pope Alexander VIII confirmed this appointment and also named Baldenstein titular bishop of Curium at the same time. He was consecrated as a bishop by Franz Christoph Rinck von Balderstein, auxiliary bishop of Eichstätt, on August 26, 1691. He succeeded as Prince-Bishop of Basel upon the death of Bishop Johann Konrad von Roggenbach on July 13, 1693.
He died on June 4, 1705.