Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland

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.

Eleonore
Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Tenure27 February 1670 – 10 November 1673
Coronation29 September 1670
Duchess consort of Lorraine
Tenure6 February 1678 – 18 April 1690
Born(1653-05-21)21 May 1653
Regensburg
Died17 December 1697(1697-12-17) (aged 44)
Vienna, Austria
Burial
Imperial Crypt
Spouse
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      Names
      HouseHabsburg
      FatherFerdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
      MotherEleanora Gonzaga
      ReligionRoman Catholicism
      Signature

      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.

      Sarcophagus of Eleonore of Austria: Kapuzinergruft, Vienna, Austria

      Issue

      Ancestry

      See also

      References
      1. Davies 1982, p. 398, 471.
      2. Davies 1982, p. 472.
      3. Lipp 2011, p. 82.
      4. Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand II.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 83–85; (full text online)
      5. Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
      6. Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Anna von Bayern" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
      7. "GONZAGA: LINEA SOVRANA DI MANTOVA". Enciclopedia genealogica del Mediterraneo (in Italian). Società Genealogica Italiana [Italian Genealogical Society]. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
      8. "Gonzaga, Eleonora II (1628–1686)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
      9. "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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