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Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (Polish: [ˈmarja lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃ska]; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska (French: [maʁi lɛɡzɛ̃ska]), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768.
Louis XV was the great-grandson of Louis XIV and the third son of the Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712), and his wife Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, who was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy.
spouse Marie Leszczyńska. Louis XV (born February 15, 1710, Versailles, France—died May 10, 1774, Versailles) was the king of France from 1715 to 1774, whose ineffectual rule contributed to the decline of royal authority that led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.
Queen of France 1703-1768. Marie Leszczyńska, daughter of the deposed King of Poland, married Louis XV in 1725 thanks to the influence of the Duke of Bourbon.
Jun 13, 2021 · Daughter of the dethroned king of Poland (Stanislas Leszczyński), Marie Leszczynska married Louis XV in 1725, thanks to the enterprise of the Duke of Bourbon. Left out of business, little considered by the Court, the queen devoted herself to her convent, which she founded in the city of Versailles for the education of poor young girls.
The news of the intended wife of Louis XV, the most brilliant catch in Europe, astonished contemporaries, who, seeing the disproportion in political and financial status, hailed the effect of the Leszczyńskis’ matrimonial endeavours as the ‘business of the century’.
Jun 20, 2024 · Marie Leszczyńska was the queen consort of King Louis XV of France (ruled 1715–74). Although she had no direct influence on French politics, her Polish dynastic connections involved France in a European conflict that resulted in the eventual annexation of Lorraine by France.
In 1725 he married Marie Leszczyńska, who would bear him an heir. Louis XV was a passionate student of science, especially botany, and did much to enrich the Palace’s gardens. He also commissioned the construction of the Petit Trianon for his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Full name Louis of France. Title King of France and Navarre.
Marie Leszczyńska (Trzebnica, 23 June 1703 – Versailles, 24 June 1768) was a queen of France as wife of Louis XV. In France, she was referred to as Marie Leczinska. She was the longest serving Queen consort of France.
Marie and Louis met for the first time on 4th September and were married the following day, both of them apparently enthusiastic participants. Marie proved herself hugely popular with the people of France but the court took against her, laughing at her looks, the reduced circumstances of her father and her apparent inability to produce an heir.
