Chajka (''Czajka'') (d. after 14 November 1781), mistress of the
Polish
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king
Stanisław August Poniatowski
Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuani ...
. She was
a Pole of Jewish ancestry.
She was daughter of the Jewish merchant Abramek Lwowski (''Abramek of
Lwów
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'') and lived in Żwaniec. In 1781, her portrait was painted by the court painter, Krzysztof Radzwiłłowski.
Czajka had a daughter named Elia (Ella).
See also
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Esterka
Esterka (Estera) refers to a mythical Jewish mistress of Casimir the Great, the historical King of Poland who reigned between 1333 and 1370. Medieval Polish and Jewish chroniclers considered the legend as historical fact and report a wonderful lov ...
*
Paradisus Judaeorum
Sources
Mistresses of Stanisław August Poniatowski
18th-century Polish Jews
Jewish concubines
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