Franz Anton Leopold Lafontaine ( pl, Franciszek Lafontaine; 14 January 1756 – 12 December 1812) was a German-born Polish military surgeon. He was known as the editor of the first Polish medical journal and for his work on

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Early life

Leopold was born in Biberach as the son of Benno Leopold Ignatius Lafontaine (1731-1777) and his wife, Maria Katharina Franziska Leonhardt (b. 1725).

Marriage and descendants

He married Maria Theresia Kornély (1765-1827). They had two daughters: * Sophie (1790-1831); married Count Hans Moritz von Hauke. Through her, Lafontaine was the maternal grandfather of Princess Julia of Battenberg. Through her, Lafontaine is an ancestor to

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and other descendants of

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in the British Royal Family, and also an ancestor to current members of the

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, including

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. * Victorina (1797-1849), married first Kazimierz Tomasz Słupecki,

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(1782-1832); married secondly Stanislaus Albert Friedrich von Lessel (1807-1888) and had issue from both marriages.

References

* 1756 births 1812 deaths 18th-century German physicians German surgeons {{germany-med-bio-stub