Walewska, Marie Anne |
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BORN 23 Jul 1823, Firenze, Toscana - DIED 18 Nov 1912, Paris: 17e BIRTH NAME Ricci, Marianne di GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 66, avenue Circulaire,l igne 01) |
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Mariann di Ricci was the daughter of Count Zanobi di Ricci (d.16/10/1844) and Isabelle Poniatowski-Luci, the illegitimate daughter of Stanislas Poniatowski, a nephew of the last king of Poland. She was described as beautiful and intelligent. In 1856 she married Alexandre Walewski, the illegitimate son of Napoleon I. They had four children. In 1857 she succeeded the Countess of Castiglione as the mistress of emperor Napoleon III. She was also close to the empress, who knew of the affair. She had two share the emperor with the other ladies of the court that he seduced, but she remained his main mistress until 1861. In 1867 she succeeded Pauline de Bassano as the First Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress. She held this position until the fall of the Empire in 1870. Walewski died in 1868 and Marie Anne lived until 1912. Related persons • was the lover of Napoleon III Bonaparte |
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 The mausoleum of Alexandre Walewski at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (01 Nov 2022) |
Sources • Bierman, John, Napoleon III and his Carnival Empire, Sphere Books, London, 1990 • Père Lachaise: grafschriften, Paris, 1993 • Marie-Anne Walewska - Wikipédia (FR) |
