Ursula Katharina Lubomirska

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Ursula Katharina
Imperial Princess of Teschen
Rosalba Carriera Portrait of Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum (1680-1743)
Born25 November 1680
Died4 May 1743
Dresden
SpouseJerzy Dominik Lubomirski
Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental
IssueJohann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe
FatherJohann Heinrich von Altenbockum
MotherKonstancja Tekla Branicka

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, divorced Princess Lubomirska, married Duchess von Württemberg-Winnental

Reichsfürstin von Teschen), was a Polish-German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, in 1700-1705. In 1722 she married Prince Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental
.

Early life

She was the youngest daughter of the

Truchsess of Lithuania, Johann Heinrich von Altenbockum (1628-1685) and his wife, Konstancja Tekla Branicka (1658-1707), who had emigrated from Westphalia
.

First marriage

In 1695, fifteen-year-old Ursula married the Polish Kronoberkaemmerer Prince

dissolving
this "not very happy marriage".

Official mistress

Around the end of the century,

August the Strong
, Elector of Saxony and since 1697 King of Poland, had met the vivacious and beautiful Princess Lubomirska, and after the dissolution of her marriage, he used Ursula's relations with the Cardinal-Primate to meet her.

In 1700 she became Augustus's official mistress (Mätresse), replacing Countess Anna Aloysia Maximiliane von Lamberg, known to history as Countess Esterle. Augustus the Strong sent Ursula to Saxony and presented her to the Dresden court. The courtiers were impressed by the beautiful, charming and high-spirited princess. On 21 August 1704 she gave birth a son, Johann Georg, later the Chevalier de Saxe, who was named for the king-elector's father.

Only five days after her son's birth, on 26 August 1704, Ursula was created

Reichstag
.

Life after Augustus

However, later that year, Ursula's relationship with the King ended. In 1705, the

Breslau
.

Years later, after the King had banished the Countess of Cosel, Ursula returned to Dresden, where she occupied a respected position in the Hof. The fall of Augustus II's Lord Chancellor and Lord Chamberlain (Großkanzler) Wolf Dietrich von Beichlingen was at that time attributed to her.

Second marriage

Meanwhile, she was courted by

married secretly on 22 October 1722. On 19 September 1734, after twelve years of marriage, Frederick Louis was killed during the Battle of Guastalla. In accordance with the marriage agreement and despite the House of Württemberg
's unsuccessful opposition, the Imperial Princess used the name and coat of arms of her deceased husband until her own death.

Later life

When the King-Elector died in 1733, Ursula was banished from the Hof. Her rule over Hoyerswerda ended in 1737; for compensation, the new Saxon elector and king,

August III
, gave her an annuity of 18,000 Reichstalern until her death and 6,000 for her son, the Chevalier de Saxe.

Death

Ursula died on 4 May 1743 in

Leitmeritz
(Böhmen).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Gesamtverein der Deutschen Geschichts- und Altertumsvereine (1986). "Volume 122". Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte (in German). Selbstverlag des Gesamtvereins der deutschen Geschichts-und Altertumvereine. p. 173.
  2. ISBN 83-218-0132-3
    .

References

Heinrich Theodor Flathe, Lubomirska, Ursula Katharina Fürstin von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Vol XIX, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 333.

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