Family Leszczyński Mother Katarzyna Opalińska Predecessor Stanisław Leszczyński | Father Stanisław Leszczyński Coat of arms Wieniawa coat of arms | |
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Born 25 May 1699
Poland ( 1699-05-25 ) Died 20 June 1717, Zweibrücken, Germany Parents Catherine Opalińska, Stanisław Leszczyński Grandparents Anna Leszczyńska, Rafał Leszczyński, Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska, Jan Karol Opaliński Similar Catherine Opalińska, Stanisław Leszczyński, Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska, Jan Karol Opaliński, Marie Leszczyńska | ||
Anna Leszczyńska (Trzebnica, Poland, 25 May 1699 – 20 June 1717 in Palatine Zweibrücken, Germany), was a Polish noblewoman from the Leszczyński family.
Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of Stanisław I Leszczyński (who became King of Poland in 1704 and later Duke of Lorraine) and his wife, born Countess Catherine Opalińska. She was named after her paternal grandmother, born Princess Anna Jabłonowska.
Her only sister, Maria Leszczyńska, was born in 1703 and later became Queen of France as the wife of Louis XV. Between his two daughters, Anna seems the favorite of King Stanisław. She received a careful education.
Anna died of pneumonia aged eighteen in Gräfinthal cloister, in the district of Mandelbachtal in Saarpfalz-Kreis. Many doctors called to her bedside by her father have likely accelerated her death, multiplying the purges and bleeding.
Her death devastated the Leszczyński family, especially her father. King Stanisław asked his second daughter Maria never pronounce the name of Anna again before him and she observed this instructions so carefully even in front of her husband King Louis XV, that years later he was surprised to learn that she had a sister.