Katharina was the second child of the liaison between Augustus II and Fatima; her older brother,
Frederick Augustus, was born four years before. Shortly after the birth of Frederick Augustus, the King married Maria Anna to his chamberman Johann Georg (von) Spiegel, but she remained as his mistress. Katharina was born during this marriage and legally used the name
Maria Anna Katharina von Spiegel during her first years of life. In 1715, her stepfather Johann Georg of Spiegel died. Augustus II took the guardianship of his children, but only recognized and legitimized both in 1724 and they were granted the title of
Count and Countess Rutowska. The now Countess Rutowska was married off by her father on 1 October 1724 to the
Polish nobleman Count
Michał Bieliński. The marriage was an immediate failure and after eight unhappy years, in early 1732, they divorced. In 1737, she re-married, this time, a
Sabaudian aristocrat in Saxon service, Count
Claude Marie de Bellegarde et d'Entremont (1700–1755). From this marriage she has two children: one son,
Mauritz de Bellegarde (1743–1792), general-lieutenant in service of Saxe, and one daughter,
Frédérique Augusta Marie de Bellegarde, named after her maternal grandparents, who married
François Sébastien de Chevron-Villette, called the
Comte de Villette, on 27 April 1779. Their marriage was childless. ==References==