Katarzyna Branicka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKatarzyna 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 
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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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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| Description | German painter and lithographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 20 April 1805 | 8 July 1873 | |
| Location of birth/death | Menzenschwand | Frankfurt | |
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