Chajka Explained

Chajka (Czajka) (d. after 14 November 1781), mistress of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski.[1] She was a Pole of Jewish ancestry.[2]

She was daughter of the Jewish merchant Abramek Lwowski (Abramek of Lwów)[3] and lived in Żwaniec. In 1781, her portrait was painted by the court painter, Krzysztof Radzwiłłowski.[4] Czajka had a daughter named Elia (Ella).

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  1. Web site: NA DWORZE KRÓLA STASIA – WYDAWCA. Portal Rynku Wydawniczego. Wasylewski. Stanisław. wydawca.com.pl. 2019-02-03. 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. Book: Satała, Zbigniew. Poczet polskich królowych, księżnych i metres. 1990. Glob. 9788370072575. 270. pl. A collection of Polish queens, princesses, and mistersses.
  3. Book: Hundert, Gershon David. Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity. 2006-08-16. University of California Press. 9780520249943. 5. en.
  4. Book: Schama, Simon . Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 . 2017-10-17 . Penguin Canada . 978-0-14-319312-8 . en.

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