 For Eleonore, the news that she would become the new Empress did not make her happy, as she had still wished to become a nun; but in the end, she dutifully submitted to the will of her parents.On 25 November 1676 the official betrothal took place.The bride and groom were third cousins (being both great-great-grandchildren of Emperor Ferdinand I), and thus a papal dispensation was granted by Pope Innocent XI to allow the marriage.