Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland

Eleonor Maria Josefa of Austria (in Polish: Eleonora Wiśniowiecka or Eleonora Habsburżanka), (Regensburg, Germany, 31 May 1653 – 17 December 1697 in Vienna, Austria) was the daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Mantua, and was the Queen Consort of Poland-Lithuania, and Duchess of Lorraine.

Biography

Eleonor married Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, on 27 February 1670 in the Jasna Góra Monastery. They had one stillborn son on 29 November 1670. In 1671, she had a miscarriage. The opposition of Michael spread rumours that Michael forced her to fake pregnancies, but this is not considered likely. Queen Eleanor 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.

Her husband died in 1673. She remained in Poland a couple of years after his death.

Eleonor then married Charles V, Duke of Lorraine on 6 February 1678 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The couple resided in Innsbrück in Austria. They were the parents of 6 children. She passed to her heirs the inheritance of the Gonzaga of Mantua.

• Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679–1729)
• Charles Joseph of Lorraine (1680–1715)
• Eleanor of Lorraine (1682-1682)
• Charles Ferdinand of Lorraine (1683–1685)
• General Joseph Innocent Emanuel of Lorraine (1685–1705)
• Francis Anthony Joseph of Lorraine (1689–1715). Abbot in Malmedy, Abbot in Stablo.

Eleonor died at the age of 44, having outlived both of her husbands and 2 of her children.

Ancestors

See also

• Częstochowa

Sources

• This page is a translation of its Polish equivalent.

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