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Catherine Opalińska

1680 - 1747

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Countess Catherine Opalińska (Polish: Katarzyna Opalińska; 13 October 1680 – 19 March 1747), was by birth member of House of Opaliński, Queen consort and Grand Duchess consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth twice and Duchess consort of Lorraine through her marriage with Stanisław I of Poland and Lithuania. Born into the Polish aristocratic family of Opaliński, Catherine married Stanisłaus Leszczyński in 1698 and six years later he was elected as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, due to the support of Charles XII of Sweden where she repaid this favour by favouring Swedish people at court. In 1708 Catherine was sent to Stettin due to the increasingly unstable political environment and a year later her husband was deposed due to the loss of Swedish dominance in the Commonwealth; and she and her family were exiled to Sweden and were welcomed by the dowager queen, Hedwig and they became popular members of high society. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Opalińska is the 280th most popular companion (down from 231st in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Poland (down from 186th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Companion.

Catherine Opalińska is most famous for her work with the Polish Underground during World War II. She helped smuggle people out of Poland and into Russia, among other things.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Catherine Opalińska ranks 280 out of 784. Before her are Queen Inhyeon, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Constance of Castile, and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. After her are Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Empress Kōjun, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Domitia Longina, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Catherine Opalińska ranks 4. Before her are Blackbeard, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, and Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After her are Benjamin Hornigold, Saliha Sultan, James Anderson, Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Among people deceased in 1747, Catherine Opalińska ranks 6. Before her are Nader Shah, Amaro Pargo, Giovanni Bononcini, Alain-René Lesage, and Alessandro Marcello. After her are Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, and Philip Johan von Strahlenberg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Catherine Opalińska ranks 225 out of 1,694. Before her are Otto Klemperer (1885), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Carl Wernicke (1848), Mieszko II Lambert (990), and Leszek Kołakowski (1927). After her are Yisrael Kristal (1903), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), Henryk Górecki (1933), Przemysł II (1257), and Wanda Landowska (1879).

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Among COMPANIONS In Poland

Among companions born in Poland, Catherine Opalińska ranks 3. Before her are Marie Leszczyńska (1703), and Maria Feodorovna (1759). After her are Sophie of Pomerania (1498), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), and Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464).

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