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Cecilia Renata of Austria

1611 - 1644

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Cecilia Renata of Austria (German: Cäcilia Renata, Polish: Cecylia Renata, Lithuanian: Cecilija Renata; 16 July 1611 – 24 March 1644) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the wife of King-Grand Duke Władysław IV Vasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cecilia Renata of Austria is the 309th most popular companion (down from 278th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Austria (down from 256th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Companion.

Cecilia Renata of Austria was the daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire and his first wife, Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. Her parents had married in 1521, but her mother died in 1524. When her father remarried to Anne of Foix-Candale, the daughter of Queen Eleanor of Navarre, she was neglected by her stepmother. Her father died in 1564, and her stepmother became regent for her brother, Maximilian II. Cecilia Renata was a great beauty and was sought after as a bride, but she had to marry the King of Poland, Sigismund II Augustus, who was more than twice her age. She had two children with him and died in 1602.

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Among companions, Cecilia Renata of Austria ranks 309 out of 784Before her are Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Charles Lightoller, Mamie Eisenhower, Queen Cheorin, and Meketaten. After her are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Parysatis II, Maria Laskarina, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Tuya, and Dagmar of Bohemia.

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Among people born in 1611, Cecilia Renata of Austria ranks 10Before her are Chongzhen Emperor, Johannes Hevelius, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, John Pell, and Marie Louise Gonzaga. After her are Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Carlo Rainaldi, Jan Fyt, Mary Dyer, Antonio de Pereda, and Giancarlo de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1644, Cecilia Renata of Austria ranks 6Before her are Pope Urban VIII, Elisabeth of France, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Chongzhen Emperor, and Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau. After her are Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Bernardo Strozzi, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, and Luis Vélez de Guevara.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Cecilia Renata of Austria ranks 289 out of 1,424Before her are Michael Hainisch (1858), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892). After her are Bertha Pappenheim (1859), Friedrich Adler (1879), William, Duke of Austria (1370), Max Steiner (1888), Otto Robert Frisch (1904), and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762).

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