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Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska ( Polish: [ˈmarja lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃ska]; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska ( French: [maʁi lɛɡzɛ̃ska] ), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the ...
Mar 25, 2024 · Marie Leszczyńska (born June 23, 1703, Breslau, Silesia—died June 24, 1768, Versailles, France) was the queen consort of King Louis XV of France (ruled 1715–74). Although she had no direct influence on French politics, her Polish dynastic connections involved France in a European conflict that resulted in the eventual annexation of ...
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Marie Leszczyńska, daughter of the deposed King of Poland, married Louis XV in 1725 thanks to the influence of the Duke of Bourbon. Kept out of serious business and not held in particularly high regard in the Court, the Queen devoted her energies to the convent she founded in the town of Versailles for the education of poor girls. She also oversaw the moral and religious education of the ...
In 1725 Marie Leszczyńska, hailing from a Polish noble family, became Queen of France, to universal astonishment. Two decades earlier, when still an infant, her father Stanisław Leszczyński was elected King of Poland by the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This election took place during the turbulent times of the Great ...
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska, also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years and 9 months service was the longest of any queen in French history. A devout Catholic throughout ...
From 16 April, “A taste of Marie Leszczyńska” will be presented in the Dauphine’s Apartments, which have been reopened for the occasion.Although few traces of her 42 years at the Palace remain – most were wiped out as a result of the changes wrought by Marie-Antoinette – the wife of King Louis XV nevertheless made her mark through the art she commissioned and the private chambers ...
Marie Leszczynska (lĕshchĬn´skə), 1703–68, queen of France, wife of Louis XV, and daughter of Stanislaus I of Poland. Married in 1725, she bore 10 children and was the grandmother of Louis XVI. Of retiring disposition, she made no attempt to rival the king's mistresses. Her marriage facilitated French involvement in the War of the Polish ...
