Eveline Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia, Hańska married landowner Wacław Hański when she was a teenager. Hański, who was about 20 years her senior, suffered from depression.
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![One historian compares the Rzewuski estate in Pohrebysche to "a little kingdom".[10]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Rzewuski_estate_in_Pohrebysche.jpg/1280px-Rzewuski_estate_in_Pohrebysche.jpg)
One historian compares the Rzewuski estate in Pohrebysche to "a little kingdom".[10]![Hańska's first husband Wacław Hański was more than twenty years older than her.[21]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Wenceslas_Hanski_Kriehuber_1835.jpg)
Hańska's first husband Wacław Hański was more than twenty years older than her.[21]![In her November 1832 letter, Hańska told Honoré de Balzac: "My heart has leapt as I read your works."[27]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Honore_de_Balzac_1899_portrait.jpg/500px-Honore_de_Balzac_1899_portrait.jpg)
In her November 1832 letter, Hańska told Honoré de Balzac: "My heart has leapt as I read your works."[27]![Hańska met Balzac for the first time in the Swiss village of Neuchâtel.[41]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Picswiss_NE-20-30.jpg/330px-Picswiss_NE-20-30.jpg)
Hańska met Balzac for the first time in the Swiss village of Neuchâtel.[41]![After her first husband's death, Hańska rejected advances from composer Franz Liszt.[53]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Franz_Liszt_by_Herman_Biow-_1843.png/500px-Franz_Liszt_by_Herman_Biow-_1843.png)
After her first husband's death, Hańska rejected advances from composer Franz Liszt.[53]![The house Balzac bought for Hańska (with her money) was built before the French Revolution by banker Nicolas Beaujon.[69]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Maison_de_Balzac%2C_rue_Fortun%C3%A9e.jpg/500px-Maison_de_Balzac%2C_rue_Fortun%C3%A9e.jpg)
The house Balzac bought for Hańska (with her money) was built before the French Revolution by banker Nicolas Beaujon.[69]![Before Balzac's death, Hańska was visited often by Victor Hugo.[80]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Victor_Hugo_by_Charles_Hugo%2C_c1850-55.jpg/500px-Victor_Hugo_by_Charles_Hugo%2C_c1850-55.jpg)
Before Balzac's death, Hańska was visited often by Victor Hugo.[80]In their orbit 6
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Eveline Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia, Hańska married landowner Wacław Hański when she was a teenager. Hański, who was about 20 years her senior, suffered from depression. They had five children, but only a daughter, Anna, survived.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1805 to 1882 · aged 77
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