Henriette Rénard

Ana Katharina (Henriette) Rénard (1685 – 26 May 1721[1]), was a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and mother of his daughter, the later Countess Anna Karolina Orzelska.

Anna Katharina, mostly known in sources as Henriette, was a member of the Rénard family, from French origin but established in Warsaw probably from Hamburg, where they are involved in trade.

According to Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz in his work La Saxe galante, she drew the attention of the Elector-King with her extreme beauty, and soon became in his mistress.

[3] During the relationship with Augustus II the Strong, Henriette was probably already married with François Drian,[8] wine trader from Warsaw, who died before 1716, probably during the plague epidemic of 1708–1712.

[10] After his marriage with the King's former mistress, Claude received from Augustus II the position of supervisor of the bathrooms at Ujazdów Park, who belonged to the House of Lubomirski.