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Marie Walewska

1786 - 1817

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Marie Walewska, Countess Walewska (Polish: Maria Walewska; née Łączyńska; 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. In her later years she married count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, an influential Napoleonic officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Walewska is the 2,013th most popular politician (down from 1,124th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Poland (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Polish Politician.

Marie Walewska was the mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marie Walewska ranks 2,013 out of 19,576. Before her are Bernhard von Bülow, Antonia the Elder, Ludvík Svoboda, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Manfred, King of Sicily, and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria. After her are Emperor Xian of Han, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Walter Schellenberg, Yuri Dolgorukiy, Offa of Mercia, and Martin Rees.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Marie Walewska ranks 8. Before her are William R. King, Christian VIII of Denmark, Ludwig I of Bavaria, François Arago, Wilhelm Grimm, and John Vianney. After her are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Kuhlau, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Charles, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1817, Marie Walewska ranks 8. Before her are Princess Charlotte of Wales, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, André Masséna, and Karađorđe. After her are Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and Nakşidil Sultan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marie Walewska ranks 106 out of 1,694. Before her are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Norbert Elias (1897), Egon Krenz (1937), Günter Blobel (1936), Osip Mandelstam (1891), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526). After her are Georg Forster (1754), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Dziga Vertov (1896), Saint Casimir (1458), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), and Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Marie Walewska ranks 25. Before her are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Egon Krenz (1937), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526). After her are Karl Hanke (1903), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810).

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