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Marie Leszczyńska

1703 - 1768

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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 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 her life, Marie was popular among the French people for her numerous charitable works and introduced many Polish customs to the royal court at Versailles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Leszczyńska is the 54th most popular companion (down from 21st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Poland (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Companion.

Marie Leszczyńska was born in 1703 to Stanisław Leszczyński and Maria Kazimiera Sobieska. She was the Queen of France from 1725 to 1768. She is most famous for being the wife of Louis XV.

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Among companions, Marie Leszczyńska ranks 54 out of 784. Before her are Mileva Marić, Caroline of Ansbach, Isabella of Portugal, Ankhesenamun, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. After her are Catherine Howard, Philippa of Hainault, Olympias, Eugénie de Montijo, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Salman the Persian.

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Among people born in 1703, Marie Leszczyńska ranks 3. Before her are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and François Boucher. After her are John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. Among people deceased in 1768, Marie Leszczyńska ranks 2. Before her is Canaletto. After her are Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Nicola Porpora, Laurence Sterne, Georg Brandt, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marie Leszczyńska ranks 27 out of 1,694. Before her are Eric of Pomerania (1381), Otto Stern (1888), Wernher von Braun (1912), Janusz Korczak (1878), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), and Erich Ludendorff (1865). After her are Fedor von Bock (1880), Władysław Szpilman (1911), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), and Gerhart Hauptmann (1862).

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Among COMPANIONS In Poland

Among companions born in Poland, Marie Leszczyńska ranks 1. After her are Maria Feodorovna (1759), Catherine Opalińska (1680), Sophie of Pomerania (1498), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), and Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464).

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