Marie Catherine (1670 - after 1672)
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Marie CatherineMarie Catherine (b. 1670 in France
d. after 12 December 1672 in France
) - illegitimate daughter of Polish
king John II Casimir of Poland
with his mistress and morganatic wife
Claudine Françoise Mignot
.
On 12 December 1672 her father gave her 15000 livres. When she grew up she went to Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
d. after 12 December 1672 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - illegitimate daughter of Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
king John II Casimir of Poland
John II Casimir of Poland
John II Casimir was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648–1660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa and...
with his mistress and morganatic wife
Morganatic marriage
In the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage...
Claudine Françoise Mignot
Claudine Françoise Mignot
Claudine Françoise Mignot [commonly called Marie] , French adventuress, was born near Grenoble, at Meylan....
.
On 12 December 1672 her father gave her 15000 livres. When she grew up she went to Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary or the Visitation Order is a Roman Catholic religious order for women. Members of the order are also known as Filles de Sainte-Marie, Visitandines, Salesian Sisters and, more commonly, Visitationists.- History of the order :The Order was founded in 1610 by...
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Sources
- Z. Wdowiszewski Genealogia Jagiellonów i Domu Wazów w Polsce, Kraków 2005.