Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Marie Leszczyńska or Leszczinski, referred to as Marie Leczinska, aka Maria Karolina Leszczynska

Daughter of King Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland and Catherine Opalińska. She married King Louis XV of France and was the grandmother of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X.

"Good kings are slaves, and their people are free."

"Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune."