Catherine Opalińska

Catherine Opalińska
Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Tenure 1705–1708
1733–1736
Coronation 4 October 1705
Spouse Stanislaus I of Poland
Issue
Anna Leszczyńska
Maria, Queen of France
House House of Leszczyński
Father Jan Karol Opaliński
Mother Zofia Czarnkowska
Born 13 October 1680(1680-10-13)
Poznań, Poland
Died 19 March 1747(1747-03-19) (aged 66)
Lunéville, France
Burial Église Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Nancy

Catherine Opalińska (1680–1747) was Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine.

Contents

Biography

Catherine was the daughter of magnate Jan Karol Opaliński and his wife Zofia Czarnkowska.

On May 10, 1698 in Kraków she married Stanislas Leszczynski, who became Duke of Lorraine and was, briefly, king of Poland. In 1699, she gave birth to Anna Leszczyńska, and in 1703, to Marie Leszczynska, the future wife of Louis XV of France.

When his mother-in-law, the wife of the dethroned king of Poland, died in 1747, Louis XV ordered a commemorative ceremony, in her honor at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The ceremony glorified the deceased who underwent a veritable deification.

Her tomb is in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, in Nancy, next to her husband and the heart of their daughter.

Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Piotr Opaliński, voivode of Poznań
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Krzysztof Opaliński, voivode of Poznań
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zofia Kostka
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jan Karol Opaliński, castellan of Poznań
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adam Sędziwój Czarnkowski, voivode of Łęczyca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teresa Konstancja Czarnkowska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Katarzyna Leszczyńska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Catherine Opalińska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kazimierz Franciszek Czarnkowski, castellan of Poznań
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adam Uriel Czarnkowski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Konstancja Lubomirska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zofia Anna Czarnkowska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remigian Zaleski, Castellan of Łęczyca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teresa Zaleska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anna Miełżyńska
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Zamek w Sierakowie, Historia Zamku.

Further reading

See also

Catherine Opalińska
Born: 13 October 1680 Died: 19 March 1747
Royal titles
Preceded by
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania

1705–1708
Succeeded by
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Preceded by
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania

1733–1736
Succeeded by
Maria Josepha of Austria
Preceded by
Maria Theresia of Austria
Duchess of Lorraine
1737–1747
Succeeded by
None

Categoria:Rainhas consortes católicas romanas