Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland

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

Eleonore married Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki, king of Poland and 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.

Eleonore married Duke 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 6 children. She passed to her heirs the inheritance of the Gonzaga 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

• 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.

• Częstochowa

• Davies, Norman (1982). God's Playground:A History of Poland. Vol. I. Columbia University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lipp, Charles T. (2011). Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State: The Mahuet of Lorraine. University of Rochester Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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