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Also Known As Marie-Catherine Leszczyàska • Maria Karolina Leszczyńska
Born June 23, 1703 • Poland
Died June 24, 1768 (aged 65) • Versailles • France
Notable Family Members spouse Louis XV

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Jean de la Tour: pastel of Marie Leszczyńska
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Madame de Pompadour, detail of a portrait by François Boucher; in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour
French aristocrat
Damiens, engraving by Gabriel, 18th century
Robert-François Damiens
French regicide
Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise
French marshal
Johannes von Mikulicz-Radecki
Polish surgeon
Hilary Koprowski
Polish-born virologist
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
John Paul II
St. John Paul II
pope
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Polish-French composer and pianist
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Stanisław Leśniewski
Polish logician and mathematician
French Open champion
Iga Świątek
Polish tennis player