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Marie Walewska

1786 - 1817

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Marie Walewska, Countess Walewska (née Łączyńska; Polish: Maria Walewska; 7 December 1786 – 11 December 1817) was a Polish noblewoman in the court of Napoleon I who used her influence to sway the emperor towards the creation of an independent Polish state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Walewska has received more than 357,937 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Marie Walewska is the 1,124th most popular politician (up from 1,717th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 99th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Politician.

Marie Walewska was the mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marie Walewska ranks 1,124 out of 19,576. Before her are Samuel of Bulgaria, Christian VI of Denmark, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Rani of Jhansi, Simeon I of Bulgaria, and Baldwin V of Jerusalem. After her are Hussein of Jordan, Yeongjo of Joseon, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Sejo of Joseon, Mary, Queen of Hungary, and Henry Clay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Marie Walewska ranks 5. Before her are Carl Maria von Weber, Christian VIII of Denmark, John Vianney, and Wilhelm Grimm. After her are Ludwig I of Bavaria, François Arago, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and John Franklin. Among people deceased in 1817, Marie Walewska ranks 6. Before her are Jane Austen, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, and André Masséna. After her are Karađorđe, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, and Fyodor Ushakov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marie Walewska ranks 72 out of 1,694. Before her are Faustina Kowalska (1905), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Walther Nernst (1864), and Gustav Fechner (1801). After her are Anna Jagiellon (1523), Jakob Böhme (1575), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Marie Walewska ranks 17. Before her are Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), and Władysław III of Poland (1424). After her are Anna Jagiellon (1523), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Egon Krenz (1937), and Horst Köhler (1943).

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