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Marie Walewska, Countess Walewska (née Łączyńska; Polish: Maria Walewska; 7 December 1786 – 11 December 1817) was a Polish noblewoman in the court of Napoleon I who used her influence to sway the emperor towards the creation of an independent Polish state.
- 7 December 1786, Kiernozia, Poland
- Napoleon I Bonaparte (1806–1810) 1 child
- 11 December 1817 (aged 31), Paris, France
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
Apr 19, 2024 · Maria Walewska (born Dec. 7, 1786, Brodno, Pol.—died Dec. 15, 1817, Paris, France) was a Polish countess and mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte, whom she met in Poland (1806) and followed to Paris and finally Elba. She sought to influence his eastern European policy and to move him to create the Duchy of Warsaw. On May 4, 1810, she bore him a son ...
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1786-1818, Napoleon’s Polish mistress. The beautiful Marie Walewska (née Laczynska) was born in Warsaw on 7 December, 1786, into a family that had been ennobled in 1574.
Walewska, Marie (1786–1817) Polish noblewoman who became the mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte in order to promote the restoration of independence to her country . Name variations: Maria Walenska; Maria Walevska; Countess Valeska.
A short biography (with portrait) of Countess Maria Walewska (1786-1817), mistress to Emperor Napoleon I of France.
(1789-1817) One of the great loves of Napoleon Bonaparte 's life, Marie Walewska was a beautiful countess who met the French emperor after his forces occupied Warsaw in 1807. Seen by Polish patriots as a way of improving her country's lot with the emperor, Walewska's affair with Bonaparte grew into a long, deep friendship.
Countess Marie Walewska (née Laczinska) was born if 1786. At the age of 18, she married count Athenase Walewski, many years her senior, to whom she bore a son in 1805. During the French occupation of Poland, she met Napoleon and was encouraged by her patriotic friends to become his mistress, which she was at first reluctant to do.
