Chajka

Chajka

Chajka (Czajka) (d. after 14 November 1781), mistress of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski. She was a Pole of Jewish ancestry.

She was daughter of the Jewish merchant Abramek Lwowski (Abramek of Lwów) and lived in Żwaniec. In 1781, her portrait was painted by the court painter, Krzysztof Radzwiłłowski. Czajka had a daughter named Elia (Ella).

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  1. ↑ Wasylewski, Stanisław. "NA DWORZE KRÓLA STASIA – WYDAWCA. Portal Rynku Wydawniczego". wydawca.com.pl. Retrieved 3 February 2019. concubines such as the singer Tomatisowa, primadonna Bonafini, the Malczewska model, Czajka Jewish, and many other ill-born beings, noticed in the Castle by diarists.
  2. ↑ Satała, Zbigniew (1990). Poczet polskich królowych, księżnych i metres [A collection of Polish queens, princesses, and mistersses] (in Polish). Glob. p. 270. ISBN 9788370072575.
  3. ↑ Hundert, Gershon David (16 August 2006). Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity. University of California Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780520249943.
  4. ↑ Schama, Simon (17 October 2017). Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900. Penguin Canada. ISBN 978-0-14-319312-8.