Marie Leszczyńska
✶June 23, 1703
†June 24, 1768
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✶June 23, 1703
†June 24, 1768
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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, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years and 9 months service was the longest of any queen in French history. A devout Catholic throughout her life, Marie was popular among the French people for her numerous charitable works and introduced many Polish customs to the royal court at Versailles. She was the grandmother of the French kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X.
Queen Consort of France (1703–1768)
Biography from the article Marie Leszczyńska on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.