Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland
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| Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania | |||||
| Tenure | 27 February 1670 – 10 November 1673 | ||||
| Coronation | 29 September 1670 | ||||
| Duchess consort of Lorraine | |||||
| Tenure | 6 February 1678 – 18 April 1690 | ||||
| Born | 21 May 1653 Regensburg | ||||
| Died | 17 December 1697 (aged 44) Vienna, Austria | ||||
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| House | Habsburg | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Eleanora Gonzaga | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Eleonore Maria Josefa of Austria (21 May 1653 – 17 December 1697) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, and subsequently Duchess of Lorraine by her second marriage to Charles V, Duke of Lorraine.
Life
Born in Regensburg, Eleonore was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his wife, Eleanora of Mantua.
Queen of Poland
Eleonore married King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki of Poland, also Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 27 February 1670 in the Jasna Góra Monastery.[1] They had one stillborn son on 29 November 1670. In 1671, she had a miscarriage. The opposition of Michael spread rumors that Michael forced her to fake pregnancies, but this is not considered likely. Queen Eleonore was regarded as a model of goodness, softness and loyalty toward her spouse. She learned Polish, although she preferred Latin, and accompanied Michael on his official journeys around Poland. She was guided in her role as queen by her lady-in-waiting Klara Izabella Pacowa, who became her influential favorite.
King Michael died on 10 November 1673.[2] She remained in Poland for a couple of years after his death.
Duchess of Lorraine
Eleonore married Charles V of Lorraine on 4 February 1678 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.[3] The couple resided in Innsbrück, in Austria. They were the parents of six children. She passed to her heirs the inheritance of the Gonzagas of Mantua.
Eleonore died at the age of 44, having outlived both of her husbands and two of her children.
Issue
- Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679–1729)
- Charles Joseph of Lorraine (1680–1715)
- Eleanor of Lorraine (1682)
- Charles Ferdinand of Lorraine (1683–1685)
- Joseph Innocent Emanuel of Lorraine (1685–1705)
- Francis Anton Joseph of Lorraine (1689–1715)
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ Davies 1982, p. 398, 471.
- ^ Davies 1982, p. 472.
- ^ Lipp 2011, p. 82.
- ^ a b Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
- ^ a b "Gonzaga, Eleonora II (1628–1686)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand II.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 83–85; (full text online)
- ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "GONZAGA: LINEA SOVRANA DI MANTOVA". Enciclopedia genealogica del Mediterraneo (in Italian). Società Genealogica Italiana [Italian Genealogical Society]. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Gonzaga, Maria (1609–1660)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
Sources
- Davies, Norman (1982). God's Playground:A History of Poland. Vol. I. Columbia University Press.
- Lipp, Charles T. (2011). Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State: The Mahuet of Lorraine. University of Rochester Press.
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