Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland

Eleanor of Austria
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
Died	17 December 1697(1697-12-17) (aged 44) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (m. 1670–1673); his death Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (m. 1678–1690); his death
Issue	Leopold, Duke of Lorraine Charles Joseph, Bishop of Olomouc
Full name Eleonor Maria Josefa
House	Habsburg
Father	Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Princess Eleanor Gonzaga
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Eleanor Maria Josefa of Austria (Polish: Eleonora; 21 May 1653 – 17 December 1697) was, by her two marriages, Queen of Poland and Duchess of Lorraine.

Born in Regensburg, she was the daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Mantua.

Biography

Eleanor married Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki (known as Michael I), 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 for a couple of years after his death.

Eleanor 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)
• 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.

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

Sarcophagus of Eleanor of Austria, Kapuzinergruft, Vienna, Austria

Ancestors

See also

• Częstochowa

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