Catherine Opalińska
| Catherine Opalińska | |
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| Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania | |
| Tenure | 1705–1708 1733–1736 |
| Coronation | 4 October 1705 |
| Born | 13 October 1680 Poznań, Poland |
| Died | 19 March 1747 (aged 66) Lunéville, France |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Stanislaus I of Poland |
| Issue | Anna Leszczyńska Maria, Queen of France |
| House | House of Leszczyński |
| Father | Jan Karol Opaliński |
| Mother | Zofia Czarnkowska |
Catherine Opalińska (1680–1747) was Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine.
Biography
Catherine was the daughter of magnate Jan Karol Opaliński and his wife Zofia Czarnkowska.
On May 10, 1698 in Kraków she married Stanislas Leszczynski, who became Duke of Lorraine and was, briefly, king of Poland. In 1699, she gave birth to Anna Leszczyńska, and in 1703, to Marie Leszczynska, the future wife of Louis XV of France.
When his mother-in-law, the wife of the dethroned king of Poland, died in 1747, Louis XV ordered a commemorative ceremony, in her honor at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The ceremony glorified the deceased who underwent a veritable deification.
Her tomb is in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, in Nancy, next to her husband and the heart of their daughter.
Ancestors
| Piotr Opaliński, voivode of Poznań | |||||||||||||||
| Krzysztof Opaliński, voivode of Poznań | |||||||||||||||
| Zofia Kostka | |||||||||||||||
| Jan Karol Opaliński, castellan of Poznań | |||||||||||||||
| Adam Sędziwój Czarnkowski, voivode of Łęczyca | |||||||||||||||
| Teresa Konstancja Czarnkowska | |||||||||||||||
| Katarzyna Leszczyńska | |||||||||||||||
| Catherine Opalińska | |||||||||||||||
| Kazimierz Franciszek Czarnkowski, castellan of Poznań | |||||||||||||||
| Adam Uriel Czarnkowski | |||||||||||||||
| Princess Konstancja Lubomirska | |||||||||||||||
| Zofia Anna Czarnkowska | |||||||||||||||
| Remigian Zaleski, Castellan of Łęczyca | |||||||||||||||
| Teresa Zaleska | |||||||||||||||
| Anna Miełżyńska | |||||||||||||||
Gallery
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![Castle in Sieraków which she inherited in 1695.[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Zamek_sierakow.JPG/90px-Zamek_sierakow.JPG)
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Portrait of Catherine Opalińska when Queen of Poland. -
The towers of the church in Sieraków were built in 1740 on her order. -
Pompe funebre for Catherine Opalińska in Notre Dame de Paris.
![Castle in Sieraków which she inherited in 1695.[1]](/wiki/File:Zamek_sierakow.JPG)
References
- ^ Zamek w Sierakowie, Historia Zamku.
- This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article of the French Wikipedia on 7 March 2007
Further reading
- Zieliński, Ryszard (1978). Polka na francuskim tronie. Czytelnik.
See also
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