Anna Miełżyńska

Anna Miełżyńska (about 1600-after 1640) of the Nowina coat of arms was a Polish noble lady, the wife of Remigian Zaleski, Castellan of Łęczyca and the mother of Teresa Zaleska, who was the grandmother of Catherine Opalińska, the Queen consort of King Stanislaus Leszczynski of Poland. Her father was Łukasz Miełżyński (about 1560-1628), who was the Castellan of Gniezno (he is referred in some sources as Count). Her mother was Elżbieta Czacka (about 1575-after 1612).

Ancestor of the European royalty

Through Catherine Opalinska's daughter, Maria Leszczyńska, who was the Queen consort of King Louis XV of France, Anna Mileżyńska is a matrilineal (mother to mother) ancestor of the current reigning King Juan Carlos I of Spain (see Matrilineal ancestry of King Juan Carlos I of Spain), Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, the current Orleanist and Unionist Pretender to the French throne and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, the son-in law of King Albert II of Belgium.

Anna Milezynska was also a matrilineal ancestor of King Manuel II of Portugal, the last Portugese monarch, Queen Isabella II of Spain, the first and so far only female female monarch of Spain, Charles II, Duke of Parma and the last of only two Kings of Etruria and Ferdinand IV, the last Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Among her descendants (in not-matrilineal line of descent) are also King Umberto II of Italy, the last King of Italy, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the current heir apparent to the Belgian throne.