Nobility, royal mistress. Born the youngest daughter of Johann Heinrich von Altenbockum and his wife Konstantia Tekla Branicka. She was originally married to Jerzy Dominic Lubomirski, but the marriage seems to have been unhappy. When Friedrich August of Saxony became polish king, she succeeded Maximiliane Hiserle von Chodau as his official mistress. The papacy was consulted regarding the revocation of the Lubomirkas marriage, and the suggestion was accepted. When August was not in Poland she reigned the country in his name. Five days after the birth of their son, Emperor Leopold I named her Imperial Princess of Teschen. In 1705, she lost the king's favor and was replaced by Anna Constantia von Hoym. Deeply hurt, she left Dresden and retired to Hoyerswerda and later to Wrocław. After Anna Constantia's imprisonment, she reconciled with August and returned to Dresden. Here she met Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg-Winnental. They secretly married in 1722 and lived happily until his death in 1734 in the Battle of Guastalla. After August's death, she left the court but continued to live in Dresden, where she died. The power she wielded as a mistress is unparalleled to any other mistress of her time and can only be compared to that of Madame de Pompadour who became mistress to Louis XV in 1744.
Nobility, royal mistress. Born the youngest daughter of Johann Heinrich von Altenbockum and his wife Konstantia Tekla Branicka. She was originally married to Jerzy Dominic Lubomirski, but the marriage seems to have been unhappy. When Friedrich August of Saxony became polish king, she succeeded Maximiliane Hiserle von Chodau as his official mistress. The papacy was consulted regarding the revocation of the Lubomirkas marriage, and the suggestion was accepted. When August was not in Poland she reigned the country in his name. Five days after the birth of their son, Emperor Leopold I named her Imperial Princess of Teschen. In 1705, she lost the king's favor and was replaced by Anna Constantia von Hoym. Deeply hurt, she left Dresden and retired to Hoyerswerda and later to Wrocław. After Anna Constantia's imprisonment, she reconciled with August and returned to Dresden. Here she met Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg-Winnental. They secretly married in 1722 and lived happily until his death in 1734 in the Battle of Guastalla. After August's death, she left the court but continued to live in Dresden, where she died. The power she wielded as a mistress is unparalleled to any other mistress of her time and can only be compared to that of Madame de Pompadour who became mistress to Louis XV in 1744.
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