page_title: Marie Walewska
section_title: Later years
hierarchical_section_title: Marie Walewska / Later years
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Philippe-Antoine d'Ornano Deutsch: Philippe-Antoine d’Ornano English: Philippe Antoine d'Ornano Français&#160;: Philippe Antoine d'Ornano Italiano: Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
context_page_description: Marie Countess Walewska was a Polish noblewoman and a mistress of Emperor Napoleon I. In her later years she married count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, an influential Napoleonic officer.
context_section_description: In 1812 Maria divorced count Colonna-Walewski. To facilitate it, her brother, Benedykt Jozef, admitted to forcing the marriage upon her. It remains unclear whether this was the truth, as in her memoirs Maria stated that her mother influenced her choice to marry Athenasius, possibly due to an illegitimate pregnancy. As a settlement, she and her oldest son received half of count Walewski's estates, which even though heavily indebted, represented considerable wealth.
  In 1816 Maria married her longtime admirer and lover, Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, count d'Ornano. They settled in Liege, as d'Ornano did not want to return to Paris due to his pro-Napoleonic allegiances. In 1817 Maria gave birth to count d'Ornano's son, Rudolph Augustus, and she died in Paris shortly afterwards due to a prolonged kidney illness. Before her death, she completed her memoirs, which were addressed to her husband. Upon request from her Polish relatives her body was exhumed from Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and moved to her family crypt in Kiernozia.
caption: Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
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