Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate Princess Palatine Benedicta Henrietta (Benedicta Henrietta Philippina; 14 March 1652 – 12 August 1730) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, or of Hanover, by her marriage to Duke John Frederick. She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Palatine Edward and the political hostess Anna Gonzaga. Born in Paris to the landless Prince Palatine Edward, "Bénédicte Henriette"'s paternal grandparents were Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart, the "Winter Queen". Her maternal grandparents were Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat and his French wife Catherine de Mayenne, daughter of Charles de Lorraine-Guise, Duke of Mayenne.
Maria (wife of Bolesław IV the Curly) Nothing is known about Maria's life. She is only named in a charter dated 31 December 1167, under which the Chapter of Kraków was granted two villages. Earlier literature assumed that she was the mother of Leszek; however, after the discovery of coins upon which Leszek called himself "son of Anastasia" (the Latin or Greek equivalent of High Duchess Viacheslava), this theory proved to be inaccurate. There is no known date of death or burial place for Maria. Some sources assumed that she survived her husband (who died in 1173) and probably was buried in the Płock Cathedral. Maria (wife