There may seem to be no connection between sensual France and Poland, whose women (especially Jewish ones) are, according to Israeli mythology, as cold as ice. However, if we dig a little into history, we will discover a number of surprising connections between the two countries beneath the surface.
Always to procreate, always to give birth
The above sentence should be said with a healthy Polish sigh, and not without reason, because the above Polish sentence was said by the Queen of France, wife of Louis XV, Maria Leszczynska (15-1703), a proud Pole in her own right. Maria, who was about 1768 years older than her husband, married him in 7, and unlike many political marriages, this marriage became a romantic success story (quite surprising considering the reputation of Polish women here in the country).
In fact, the king loved his wife so much that he made sure to impregnate her every year for the next 13 years, which led to the famous trial. Eventually, Maria Leszczynska could take it no longer and asked the king for a sex exemption (sound familiar?), which opened the way for a long line of mistresses including the four de Nesle sisters, Madame de Pompadour And finally the Countess du Barry.
Pro and multiply
Augustus I (1670-1733), King of Poland, was known not only for his physical strength but also for his uncanny ability to father bastards. As far as we know, during his lifetime the king managed to father no less than 350 bastards but only one legitimate heir. The fact that he had so many bastards caused the king to lose control of his love life and, apparently, to accidentally sleep with one of his daughters once or twice…
And why are we bringing a story about a Polish king in a blog about France? Because one of his bastards was Marshal de Saxe (1696-1750), one of the greatest generals to rise up in France, who towards the end of his life had an affair with an 18-year-old girl from whom he had a daughter named Aurore. That lady in turn married Alexander, Count of Horn, one of the bastard sons of Louis XV (whose Polish wife refused to go into exile and give birth).
After her husband died at the age of 30, she became the wife of Claude Dupin and, thanks to this marriage, later became the grandmother of the famous French writer Georges Sande (1804-1876), who in turn took the famous Pole, Frederic Chopin, as her lover, thus closing a kind of French-Polish romantic circle.
Coming soon to you
The following story does not contain any Poles or Polish women, but feels as if it was taken directly from a nursing home in Krakow. The last mistress of Louis XIV, who later became his wife, was Madame de Maintenon (14-1635). When the king was on his deathbed in 1719, the lady came to visit him and after a while began to cry. Louis XIV responded with the following sentence, which is no less Polish: “My dear, I do not understand why you are crying. At your advanced age, it is certain that we will meet again very soon”…
Without a doubt, a sensitive and sympathetic guy that every woman would want.
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