Franz Leopold Lafontaine
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Franz Leopold Lafontaine | |
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Biberach an der Riss | |
Died | 12 December 1812 | (aged 56)
Nationality | German-Polish |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Known for | Work on catarrh |
Spouse | Maria Theresia Kornély |
Franz Anton Leopold Lafontaine (Polish: Franciszek Lafontaine; 14 January 1756 – 12 December 1812) was a German-born Polish military surgeon. He was known as the editor of the first Polish medical journal and for his work on catarrh.
Early life
Leopold was born in
Biberach as the son of Benno Leopold Ignatius Lafontaine (1731–1777), a merchant, and his wife Maria Katharina Franziska Leonhardt (b. 1725). It is possible that the Lafontaine family was descended from a Huguenot
refugee.
Marriage and descendants
He married Maria Theresia Kornély (1765–1827), daughter of Joseph Kornély (né Nathan Adelkind),[2] a wealthy Polish-Hungarian Court Jew converted to Catholicism.[2] They had two daughters:
- Sophie (1790–1831), married King Felipe VI of Spain and other descendanrs of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, in the Spanish royal family.
- Victoria (1797–1849), married firstly Kazimierz Tomasz Słupecki, Rawicz coat of arms(1782–1832) and married secondly Stanislaus Albert Friedrich von Lessel (1807–1888). She had issue from both marriages.
References
- ^ Loringhoven, F. von (1958) Europäische Stammtafeln Vol. III (J. A. Stargardt, Marburg)
- ^ a b "Quartiers de M.T. de Kornely". L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (Issues 519-529) (in French). 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
Other sources
- Kierzek, Andrzej (2010). "Franciszek Leopold Lafontaine (1756–1812) and his work on catarrh". Otolaryngol Pol (in Polish). 64 (2). Poland: 118–21. PMID 20568542.