Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland

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Eleonore
Eleanor of Austria.jpg
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 (1653-05-21)21 May 1653
Regensburg
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Vienna, Austria
Burial Imperial Crypt
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Full name
  • Polish: Eleonora Maria Josefa
House Habsburg
Father Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Eleanora Gonzaga
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature

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.

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Sarcophagus of Eleonore of Austria: Kapuzinergruft, Vienna, Austria

Issue

Ancestry

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Davies 1982, p. 398, 471.
  2. ↑ Davies 1982, p. 472.
  3. ↑ Lipp 2011, p. 82.

Sources

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Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland
Born: 31 May 1653 Died: 17 Dec 1697
Royal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Marie Louise Gonzaga		 Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
1670–1673		 Vacant
Title next held by
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien
Vacant
Title last held by
Marie Louise d'Aspremont		 Duchess consort of Lorraine
1678–1690		 Vacant
Title next held by
Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
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