Editing Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (section)

=== Election ===
On 16 September 1668, [[John II Casimir]] abdicated the Polish throne and left the country to live in [[France]], making a new [[Royal elections in Poland|election]] necessary. The Bishop of [[Chełmno]], Andrzej Olszowski, suggested that Michał Korybut should be listed as one of candidates for the throne. Wiśniowiecki was supported by the [[szlachta|Polish nobility]], who sensed that a poor and inexperienced prince would not pose a threat to their rights enshrined in the ''[[Golden Liberty]]''.

The [[1669 Free election|Free election of 1669]] took place in May and June of that year. Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania on 19 June and became known as Michael I. Most of the gathered nobility voted for him as they wished to choose a native, Polish candidate (the so-called "Piast"), over foreign candidates. Wiśniowiecki won 11,271 votes and was crowned on 29 September 1669 in [[Kraków]].

His election was immediately opposed by the pro-French camp, led by [[Primate of Poland]] Mikołaj Prazmowski and Crown [[Hetman]] [[John Sobieski]].

On 27 February 1670 Michael I married Austrian princess [[Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland|Eleanor]], and the ceremony was celebrated by Papal Nuncio, Cardinal [[Galeazzo Marescotti]], as Primate Prazmowski refused to attend. The reception took place at the Denhoff Palace in [[Kruszyna, Silesian Voivodeship|Kruszyna]].