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Maria Walewska left three sons: Her son from the first marriage, count Antoni Colonna-Walewski, settled in Poland and little is known about his life. Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski (4 May 1810 – 27 October 1868), her son from her relationship with Napoleon I who became an important figure in 19th century French politics: he was an ...
Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 American historical-drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
Marie-Anne Walewska, Duchess Colonna-Walewski, (née di Ricci; 18 July 1823 – 18 November 1912), was a French courtier and royal mistress. She served as Première dame d'honneur to Empress Eugénie de Montijo in 1868–1870, [ 1 ] and was the last to perform this function in France.
Coat of arms of Count Colonna-Walewski Aleksander Colonna-Walewski Maria Walewska; portrait by François Gérard Michał Walewski; portrait by Józef Pitschmann (1788). The Walewski family (plural: Walewscy, feminine form: Walewska) was an influential Polish noble family which originated from Walewice in Łęczyca Land, firstly mentioned in 1382.
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Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna Walewski was born on May 4, 1810, at Walewice, near Warsaw, to Countess Maria Walewska, the Polish noblewoman and mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte. His mother conceived him while residing near Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, where Napoleon was temporarily staying. When Marie requested to give birth in Paris ...
A young French historian, Napoleon Beranger, comes to Warsaw on a foreign scholarship. While driving his car along a detour he runs into an old manor in Walewice village. On the wall of the manor he finds portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and his great love Maria Walewska, a Polish aristocrat who used her charms to convince the emperor to stand up for her country.
Countess Walewska is a 1914 Polish historical film directed by Aleksander Hertz and starring Stefan Jaracz, Maria Dulęba and Bronisław Oranowski. [1] The film was made as a co-production with the French company Pathé Frères. It portrays the life of Maria Walewska the Polish-born mistress of the French Emperor Napoleon.