Marie Walewska

Marie Walewska
Portrait by François Gérard
Born(1786-12-07)7 December 1786
Kiernozia, Poland
Died11 December 1817(1817-12-11) (aged 31)
Paris, France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Spouse(s)Athenasius count Colonna-Walewski (1805–1812) 1 child
Philippe Antoine d'Ornano (1816–1817, her death) 1 child
PartnerNapoleon I Bonaparte (1806–1810) 1 child
ChildrenCount Antoni Rudolf Bazyli Colonna-Walewski
Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski
Rodolphe-Auguste d'Ornano
Parent(s)Count Mathieu (Mateusz) Łączyński
Eva Zaborowska

Marie Walewska, Countess Walewska (née Łączyńska; Polish: Maria Walewska; 7 December 1786 – 11 December 1817) was a Polish noblewoman in the court of Napoleon I who used her influence to sway the emperor towards the creation of an independent Polish state. In her later years she married count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, an influential Napoleonic officer.