Cecylia Renata

Cecylia Renata, (July 16, 1611 - March 24, 1643 or 16441) was a daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor from the house of Habsburg, and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574-1616), Queen of Poland and the consort of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth monarch W?adys?aw IV Waza. In Poland she is also known as Cecylia Renata Rakuszanka or Cecylia Renata Austriaczka, both names meaning Cecylia Renata of Austria.

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July 16 - 1611 - March 24 - 1643 - 1644 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor - Habsburg - Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574-1616) - Poland - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Monarch - W?adys?aw IV Waza - Austria

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Born in 1611 in Graz, she married W?adys?aw on 13 September 1637, and on the same day was crowned in the St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw. Young and energetic, she soon started organising the royal court to her liking. She was popular, especially for her politeness - one szlachta writer in his memoires writes that she insisted other women sat with her, even though she was a queen. She advocated the Habsburg and pro-Catholic point of view and allied herself with the pro-Habsburg faction of chancellor Jerzy Ossolinski and pro-Catolic Albrycht Stanis?aw Radziwi??. Her political opponents at the court was the faction of Adam Kazanowski, whose influence over king W?adys?aw, his childhood friend, diminished after her marriage. Kazanowski was allied with Chancellor Piotr Gembicki, who thus became one of her opponents.

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Graz - 13 September - 1637 - Crowned - St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw - Szlachta - Catholic - Jerzy Ossolinski - Albrycht Stanis?aw Radziwi?? - Adam Kazanowski - Piotr Gembicki

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Her influence was strong for the first 2-3 years of marriage, and she had much to say about the royal nominations for important official positions. However after 1638/39 when W?adys?aw realised that Habsburgs were prepared to give him little assistance, her power vaned, as he started to disregard her advices.

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Her two children died in childhood (Zygmund Kazimierz - April 1640 - 9 August 1647; Maria Anna Izabella - 8 January 1642 - 1643). Cecylia Renata died in 16431 in Wilno.

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1640 - 9 August - 1647 - 8 January - 1642 - 1643 - Wilno

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