Franciszka Corvin-Krasińska
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| Born | 1742 Maleszowa |
| Died | 30 April 1796 (aged 53) Dresden |
| Spouse | Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland |
| Issue | Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan |
| House | House of Wettin |
| Father | Stanisław Corvin-Krasiński |
| Mother | Aniela Humiecka |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Franciszka Corvin-Krasińska (1742, Maleszowa – 30 April 1796 in Dresden), was a Polish noblewoman and the morganatic wife of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, the son of King Augustus III of Poland.
She was the daughter of the Polish nobleman Stanisław Corvin-Krasiński (1717–1762) and Aniela Humiecka. Wratislaw Corvin (fl.) in 1224, and the family's patriline traces to Slawek Corvin, (fl. 1412–1427), who became hereditary lord of Krasne and founded the village of Wold Krasińska in 1460. His grandson, Jan Corvin-Krasiński is the ancestor of both the Krasne-Krasiński line, which obtained the title of Imperial Count in 1560 and became extinct in the 20th century, and the cadet branch of Corvin Krasiński, founded by his son Andrea (fl. 1588) and subdivided into several lines, the eldest of which descended from Gabriel and ended with Stanislaw Corvin-Krasiński, who had four daughters, including Franciszka.
Franciszka was born at Maleszowa castle, but the family moved to Warsaw, where she would meet her future husband, Charles of Saxe-Courland. Charles was a younger son of Augustus III of Poland, who was also hereditary Elector of Saxony. His elder siblings included Maria Josepha, wife of the Dauphin Louis, eldest son of Louis XV of France; Maria Amalia, queen consort of Carlos III of Spain; the Elector Friedrich Christian, whose son would become first King of Saxony in 1806; Maria Anna, consort of Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Prince Albert of Saxony, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands; and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, whose morganatic marriage to Countess Chiara Spinucchi generated the Counts von der Lausitz who fled France during the Revolution and settled in Rome.
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