Anna Karolina Orzelska [SEP] mother
Anna Karolina Orzelska
Anna Karolina Orzelska (23 November 1707 – 27 September 1769) was an adventuress and Polish "szlachcianka" (noblewoman), the illegitimate daughter of August II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, by Henriette Rénard.
Life.
The King-Elector August II the Strong met Henriette Rénard in Warsaw in 1706, where her father André Rénard, a wine merchant from Lyon, had a salon. Most historians agree that at first, Henriette didn't know the true identity of
her. Anna Karolina followed him on his return to the Dresden court, where the sixteen-year-old beauty was presented to the King. On 19 September 1724, August the Strong officially acknowledged Anna Karolina as his daughter and gave her the title of "Countess Orzelska" (Polish: "Hrabina Orzelska", German: "Gräfin Orzelska").
The first time that she appears in a document was on 21 November 1726 during the Diet of Grodno, at which the King personally signed the donation of the