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Henriette Rénard

1685–1721

Born
1685
Died
26 May 1721, Warsaw
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  • Birth1685Probable1 source
  • Death26 May 1721, WarsawProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Anna Karolina Orzelska

    Birth, Warsaw

  3. Died · Warsaw

    Death, Warsaw

What was it like?

The world around 1685: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

In Biskupizna, women complemented their daily and festive outfits with high-value coral necklaces and wore wooden clogs for footwear.

Known for

Ana Katharina (Henriette) Rénard, was a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and mother of his daughter, the later Countess Anna Karolina Orzelska.

During their lifetime

  1. 1699

    Treaty of Karlowitz ends war (1699)

    The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz ended decades of war with the Ottoman Empire, allowing the Commonwealth to regain Podolia and Kamianets-Podilskyi.

  2. 1707

    Plague pandemic of 1707–1710

    A devastating plague pandemic swept across Poland between 1707 and 1710, claiming 9,000 lives in Poznań alone and causing the local authorities in Lublin to execute grave robbers accused of spreading the disease.

  3. 1717

    Silent Sejm of 1717

    The 1717 Silent Sejm limited the Commonwealth's army to 24,000 troops, marking the formal beginning of long-term Russian political supremacy over the Polish-Lithuanian state.

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