Marie Leszczyńska
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Marie Leczinska was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland,
Portrait by Charles-André van Loo, 1747
Marie Leszczyńska on a coin
Maria Leszczyńska pictured in 1725; the year she became queen of France (portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo)
Portrait by Alexis Simon Belle
Stanisław Leszczyński
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Stanisław I Leszczyński, also Anglicised and Latinised as Stanislaus, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duke of Bar and Duke of Lorraine.
Marie Leszczyńska
…1703 – 24 June 1768) was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years and 9 months service was the longest of any queen in French history. A devout Catholic…
Portrait by Jean Girardet
Festival at the Rocher grotto of the Château de Lunéville in 1742, painting by Laurent Charpentier
Painting of the Place Royale in Nancy c. 1760 which was constructed during his rule, later renamed Place Stanislas in his honour
Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière created Chancellor of Lorraine and Barrois by Stanislas I (painting by François-André Vincent, 1788