Izabella Poniatowska
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Countess Izabela Poniatowska (1730 – 1808/1813) was a Polish
noblewoman (szlachcianka
). She was a sister of Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski, who in 1764 became King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned as Stanisław II August.
She married, firstly on November 19, 1748 as his third wife Hetman
Count Jan Klemens (Jan Kazimierz) Branicki
in 1756, and secondly, Andrzej Mokronowski
, wojewoda mazowiecki, without issue.
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...
noblewoman (szlachcianka
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
). She was a sister of Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski, who in 1764 became King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned as Stanisław II August.
She married, firstly on November 19, 1748 as his third wife Hetman
Hetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
Count Jan Klemens (Jan Kazimierz) Branicki
Jan Klemens Branicki
Count Jan Klemens Branicki was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Hetman, Field Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1735 and 1752, and Great Crown Hetman between 1752 and 1771....
in 1756, and secondly, Andrzej Mokronowski
Andrzej Mokronowski
Andrzej Mokronowski was a notable member of the Polish szlachta, politician and general of the Polish Army. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1776.He was voivode of Masovian Voivodship since 1781...
, wojewoda mazowiecki, without issue.