Therese Kunigunde of Poland
Therese Kunigunde Karoline of Poland (Polish Teresa Kunegunda Karolina Sobieska ; born March 4, 1676 in Warsaw , † March 10, 1730 in Venice ) was a daughter of King John III. Sobieski of Poland and Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien . She was the second wife of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria .
Life
At the wedding on January 2, 1695 in Wesel, she brought in the considerable dowry of 500,000 thalers in his second marriage. In 1700 the Electress wanted to separate from her husband, as the Elector devoted himself to erotic escapades, but both were reconciled again.
After Max Emanuel lost the Battle of Höchstädt in 1704, the Kaiser left her reign over the Munich Rent Office , but after three months she fled to Venice with her confessor to her mother, after she had found love letters from Max Emanuel to Countess Arco and left hers Children back in Munich. She was then refused a return by Austria in breach of the Treaty of Ilbesheim and Munich came under Habsburg administration , which ultimately led to the Sendlinger Murder Christmas . The four older princes were brought to Klagenfurt in 1706 , the two younger ones and their daughter Maria Anna Karoline stayed in Munich. In Venice the Electress lived in modest circumstances. Only after the Peace of Rastatt did she see her husband and children again on April 3, 1715 in Lichtenberg Castle near Landsberg am Lech . In the same year she founded the Servite Convent consecrated to St. Elisabeth in Munich.
After her death in Venice, her body was transferred to Munich and buried in a coffin in the princely crypt in the Theatine church built by her father-in-law . Also in the crypt, her heart and entrails rest separately in a pewter vessel.
Children of Max Emanuel and Therese Kunigunde
- nameless son (1695), stillborn
- Maria Anna Karoline (1696–1750), Princess of Bavaria, joined the Munich Clarissin Monastery on October 29, 1720 under the name “Therese Emanuele de corde Jesu”
- Karl Albrecht (1697–1745), Roman-German Emperor, King of Bohemia and Elector of Bavaria
- Philipp Moritz Maria (1698–1719), Prince of Bavaria, unaware of his death, was elected Bishop of Paderborn and Münster days after his death
- Ferdinand Maria Innozenz (1699–1738), Prince of Bavaria, Imperial Field Marshal
- Clemens August (1700–1761), Prince of Bavaria, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne, Grand and German Master, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim, Regensburg, Münster, Paderborn and Osnabrück etc.
- Wilhelm (1701–1704), Prince of Bavaria
- Alois Johann Adolf (1702–1705), Prince of Bavaria
- Johann Theodor (1703–1763), Prince of Bavaria, Cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège
- Maximilian Emanuel Thomas (1704–1709), Prince of Bavaria
literature
- Christian Probst : Better to die Bavarian . The Bavarian popular uprising in 1705 and 1706. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7991-5970-3 .
- Britta Kägler : Female reign in times of crisis. On the interim government of the Bavarian Electress Therese Kunigunde (1704/05) , in: zeitenblicke 8, no. 2, [30. June 2009], URL: http://www.zeitenblicke.de/2009/2/kaegler/index_html , URN: urn: nbn: de: 0009-9-19660
- Claudia von Kruedener: The Bavarian Electress Therese Kunigunde (1676-1730). Regentin, founder, entrepreneur , Regensburg: Pustet 2020, ISBN 978-3-7917-3130-8 .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Antonia | Electress of Bavaria 1695–1726 |
Maria Amalia |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Therese Kunigunde of Poland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Therese Kunigunde Karoline of Poland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of King John III. Sobieski and the second wife of Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1676 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1730 |
| Place of death | Venice |