Early Life
She was the youngest daughter of the Truchsess (seneschal) Johann Heinrich von Altenbockum by his wife, Konstancja Tekla Branicka, who had emigrated from Westphalia to Poland.
In 1695, fifteen-year-old Ursula married the Polish Kronoberkaemmerer Prince Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski. At that time, the Lubomirski family ranked among Poland's most influential princely families. They maintained relations with Primate-Cardinal Michał Stefan Radziejowski, archbishop of Gniezno, who, after the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski, was chosen by the new king as his representative. Nevertheless, the Pope soon took the highly unusual step of dissolving this "lucky little marriage".
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