Katarzyna Branicka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Katarzyna Branicka

Polish noblewoman

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1825

Place of Birth: Liuboml, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1907

Profession: art collector

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Katarzyna Branicka

  • Countess Katarzyna Branicka, Katarzyna Potocka, née Branicka Korczak coat of arms (1825–1907) was a Polish noblewoman and art collector.
  • Through her paternal grandmother, Aleksandra Branicka, she was a putative great-grandchild of Catherine the Great.
  • She had two sisters and four brothers, the eldest of whom was the French exile, financier and philanthropist, Count Xavier Branicki..
  • 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.

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