| Maria Anna Katharina | |
|---|---|
| Countess Rutowska | |
| Spouse | Count Michał Bieliński Comte Claude Marie de Bellegarde et d'Entremont |
| Issue | |
| Frédérique Augusta Marie de Bellegarde | |
| Full name | |
| Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska | |
| Father | Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Spiegel |
| Born | 1706 |
| Died | 1746 |
Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska[1] (1706–1746)[2] was a Polish noblewoman.
She was the illegitimate daughter of Polish king Augustus II the Strong and his mistress, the Turk Fatima or Fatime, later renamed Maria Anna of Spiegel.
Katharina was the second child of the liaison between Augustus II and Fatima; her older brother, Frederick Augustus, was born four years before.
Shortly after the birth of Frederick Augustus, the King married Maria Anna with his chamberman Johann Georg of Spiegel, but she remained as his mistress. Katharina was born during this marriage and legally used the name Maria Anna Katharina of Spiegel during her first years of life.
In 1715 her stepfather Johann Georg of Spiegel died; her mother Fatima survived him by only five years.
Augustus II took the guardianship of his children, but only recognized and legitimized both in 1724 and were granted with the title of Count and Countess Rutowska.
The now Countess Rutowska was married by her father in 1 October 1724[3] with the Polish nobleman Count Michał Bieliński. Nevertless, since the beginning the marriage failed. After eight years of unhappy union, they were divorced in early 1732.
In February 1732[4] she married secondly with the Comte Claude Marie de Bellegarde et d'Entremont. They had only one daughter, Frédérique Augusta Marie de Bellegarde, who was named after her maternal grandparents. Frédérique married on 27 April 1779 with François Sébastien de Chevron-Villette, called the Comte de Villette, but the marriage was childless.[5]