Marianna "Anna" Leszczyńska (25 May 1699 – 20 June 1717) was the eldest child of

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...

and Catherine Opalińska. Her sister, Maria Leszczyńska, became Queen of France in 1725.

Life

Childhood

Marianna Leszczyńska was born on 25 May 1699 in Poland, as the eldest child of

and Catherine Opalińska. Marianna was named after her paternal grandmother, Anna Jabłonowska, and was often called “Anna”. Her only sister, Maria Leszczyńska, was born four years later in 1703 and was later crowned Queen of France as the consort of

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

. Between Stanisław's two daughters, Marianna seems to have been the favourite. She, reportedly, received a good education.

Death

Marianna died of

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

at the age of 18 in the district of Mandelbachtal in

Saarpfalz-Kreis Saarpfalz (''Saar-Palatinate'') is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarbrücken, Neunkirchen, Kusel, Kaiserslautern, Südwestpfalz, district-free Zweibrücken, and t ...

. She is buried in Gräfinthal cloister. Although her father called many doctors to her bedside, they likely accelerated her death by applying multiple purges and bleeding. Her death devastated the Leszczyński family, especially her father, who asked his second daughter Maria to never pronounce the name of Anna before him again. Maria followed his instructions so carefully, even in front of her husband, that years later he was surprised to learn that she had a sister.Bożena Krzywobłocka, ''Wielkopolskie damy'' (Great Polish Ladies), p. 123, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Poznan 1986.

Ancestry

References

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