Konstancja Gładkowska

Konstancja Gładkowska (1810–1889) was a Polish soprano. Frédéric Chopin at age 19, while studying at the Warsaw School of Music (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw), fell in love with Gładkowska. She admired many early works by Chopin, who in 1830 left Poland, eventually settling in Paris.

Life Konstancja was born on 2 June 1810 in Warsaw (other dates given for her birth are June 4 and June 10). Her godmother was an illegitimate daughter of Poland's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

Konstancja studied at the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1829, during a university soloist concert, she met Chopin, for whom she became an inspiration to his music composing.

Death Konstancja Gladkowska died in 1889, forty years after Chopin's death. She was buried in a cemetery in the town of Babsk, 60 km from Warsaw.