Saul Wahl

Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen
Temporary King of Poland (rex pro tempore)
Head of House Katzenellenbogen
King of Poland
Reign18 August 1587
Coronation18 August 1587
PredecessorStephen Báthory
SuccessorSigismund III Vasa
Born1541
Died1617
SpouseDeborah Rivkah Drucker
IssueMeir Wahl
12 other children
HouseKatzenellenbogen
FatherSamuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
ReligionJudaism

Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen (1541–1617) was a wealthy and politically influential Polish Jew who is in Jewish folk legends said to have briefly occupied the throne of Poland on 18 August 1587. He has historically borne the nickname, "Le roi d'un jour" (king for a day).

Saul's father was Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen. Wahl married Deborah Rivkah Drucker, granddaughter of Israel ben Josef and niece of Moses Isserles, with whom he had thirteen children, including the renowned Polish rabbi Meir and Henele Wahl Katzenallenbogen, wife of Ephraim Zalman Shor.