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Potocka, Madame la Comtesse Elisabeth

Potocka, Madame la Comtesse ElisabethPotocka, la Comtesse Elisabethla Comtesse Elisabeth Potocka (B * UNK – D † UNK) Daughter of Emmanuella Pignatelli di Cergharia, Countess Potocka (1852–1943), who had lavish artistic salons in her Parisian and nearby mansions, a descendant of the same family that produced Pope Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli, 1615–1700). The elder countess was one of many women loved by Maupassant. Elisabeth Potocka is the dedicatee of Poulenc's »Les gars polonais.«

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