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Born Maria Laczynska on December 7th, 1786 in Brodne, Poland.
Dead on December 11th, 1817 in Paris.
Mistress to Emperor Napoleon I of France and mother of Alexandre Joseph Colonna, Count Walewski.
"Maria Walewska" by Robert Jacques François Faust Lefèvre (Bayeux 1755 - Paris 1830).
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"Maria Walewska" by François Pascal Simon Gérard (1770-1837).
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"Maria Walewska". 19th century anonymous.
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"Maria Walewska". Enamel on porcelain painted in 1813 by Marie-Victoire Jacquotot (Paris 1772 - Toulouse 1855).