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The marriage alliance between France and Poland
The marriage alliance between France and Poland
On his coronation at 1674 John III Sobieski wanted an alliance with France and the Ottomans against the Austrian Empire and Brandenburg in order to gain both Silesia and Prussia, even if knowing that he would have problems in his borders, he decided to go further of the alliance and marry his son, James Louis Sobieski to Marie Louise of Orleans.
On 1679, Marie Louise of Orleans marries James Louis Sobieski.
It was said that the alliance of Poland and France wrecked Christendom.
The marriage to Marie Louise of Orleans made the Sobieski Family directly related to the two Kings of Poland and Bohemia namely Wenceslaus II and Wenceslaus III, this is used as a propaganda to legitimize their hold in Poland.
Marie Louise would give birth to two surviving children named Waclaw December 10, 1684 and Stanislaw May 2, 1687.
On his coronation at 1674 John III Sobieski wanted an alliance with France and the Ottomans against the Austrian Empire and Brandenburg in order to gain both Silesia and Prussia, even if knowing that he would have problems in his borders, he decided to go further of the alliance and marry his son, James Louis Sobieski to Marie Louise of Orleans.
On 1679, Marie Louise of Orleans marries James Louis Sobieski.
It was said that the alliance of Poland and France wrecked Christendom.
The marriage to Marie Louise of Orleans made the Sobieski Family directly related to the two Kings of Poland and Bohemia namely Wenceslaus II and Wenceslaus III, this is used as a propaganda to legitimize their hold in Poland.
Marie Louise would give birth to two surviving children named Waclaw December 10, 1684 and Stanislaw May 2, 1687.
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