GD Melania Kostrowicka h. Baybuza

Czesław Malewski, Rody i herby szlacheckie na Litwie (XV).

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Below we will describe an interesting story: the three famous properties of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his son Napoleon II ( full name Napoleon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte) (1811 Paris - Vienna, 1832), and the famous French poet Guyom Apolinero (in French- Guillaume Apollinaire) (1880-1918). The possible connections as well as the role here was Melanija Kostrovickaitė (Melanija Kostrowicka) who was the granddaughter of Barbara Sekliuckytė.

The shoelaces have been associated with Kostrowitz, whose prominent representative was the famous French poet Apollinaris Kostrowicki. Barbora Sekliuckytė with her second husband Samuel Kostrovicki (1729 - 1780) had a son Onufrijų ( Onufr ) (1760 -?) and a grandson Samuel (1788-1859). Samuel Kostrovicki and his wife Ona Zaleskaya (Anna Zaleska) had a daughter named Melanija.

Melanija Kostrovickaitė was educated in the literature, history, languages, music and painting. She was taken to Vienna's estate, Schloss Schönbrunn where lived the second wife of Napoleon. Napoleon second wife was Marie Louise d'Autriche (1791 1847). This is where Melanija met Napoleon and Marie Luis's son Napoleon II; the second emperor of France, who was nicknamed "Ereliukas". The Napoleonic marriage with the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis II was purely political which sought to converge with the Hapsburg dynasty and have a successor. Immediately after birth of his son, he received the title of Roman King. However, Napoleon in 1814 and 1815 having left his son the throne of the emperor in France, did not receive much approval. The state winners resisted them. Ereliukas ruled only 15 days from June 22, 1815 until July 7, 1815. The damsel grew up in the Grandfather's Palace in Vienna where he was given Reichstadt (Reichstadt Duke's title) up until 1830. Ereliukas did not know who his real father was. The hopes of Napoleon II were tied by Bonapartists but in 1830 was overthrown by King Charles X of France. Napoleon II was already too weak to take on the throne. He was sick and died early at age 21. His pompous mask is exhibited at the Vienna Schonbrunn Palace.

One day Melanija and Nepoleon II got acquainted. Melanija had a nephew named Marcelijus (Marcin) Kostrovicki who's father was Lucian Melanija's brother. Lucian married Jozefa Sekliuckytę (Jozefa Sieklucka) who was given all his oil paintings, drawings, and watercolors with oil painted works with Reichstadt Duke's signature.

Melanija and Nepoleon II became lovers.  Here a son was born to Melanija (who was 18 years old)  born in Italy, finding herself  with explainable circumstances. The kidnapper - a child of the Imperial Blood - was arranged and educated (for the money of Kostriewitz) in the Vatican. Later Melanija returned to Lithuania and lived in her father's estate. Both her and Ereliukas's grandson - the son of a son of a son of a son-in-law in Italy became Apoliner. So Napoleon would be the grandfather of Apollinaris Kostrowicki.

• **Please note that this version is not confirmed because until now it was argued that there is other Apolineras Kostrovickas which belonged to another family, and another coat of arms. Michael Kostrovickio (Michal Kostrowicki) daughter Angelica (Angelika) was unmarried and had a child born in Rome, his father is not exactly known.