Katarzyna Branicka
Polish noblewoman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Countess Katarzyna Potocka, née Branicka Korczak coat of arms (10 December 1825 – 20 September 1907) was a Polish noblewoman and art collector. Through her paternal grandmother, Aleksandra Branicka, she was a putative great-grandchild of Catherine the Great.[1] She had two sisters and four brothers, the eldest of whom was the French exile, financier and philanthropist, Count Xavier Branicki.[2]
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Katarzyna Branicka | |
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Coat of arms | Korczak coat of arms |
Born | (1825-12-10)10 December 1825 Luboml, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) |
Died | 20 September 1907(1907-09-20) (aged 81) Krzeszowice, Grand Duchy of Kraków, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland) |
Noble family | Branicki |
Spouse(s) | Adam Józef Potocki |
Issue | Róża Potocka Artur Władysław Potocki Zofia Potocka Maria Potocka Wanda Potocka Andrzej Kazimierz Potocki Anna Maria Potocka |
Father | Władysław Grzegorz Branicki |
Mother | Róża Potocka |
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She married Count Adam Józef Potocki on 26 October 1847 in Dresden. Chopin dedicated his Waltz in A-flat major to her. It was the last waltz by Chopin to be published in his lifetime. She was said to have been a great beauty and the subject of several portrait artists, including in 1854, the German painter, Franz Winterhalter.