Descendants
He married Lady Catherine Caroline Montagu (1808–1833), daughter of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich and Lady Louisa Mary Anne Julia Harriet Lowry-Corry, on 1 December 1831. Following her death, he then married Maria Anna di Ricci, daughter of Count Zanobi di Ricci and Isabelle, Princess Poniatowski, on 4 June 1846 in Firenze. He was the father of a child by the actress Rachel Felix in 1844.
He had seven children, two from his first marriage, four from his second marriage, and one illegitimate.
- By Lady Catherine Caroline Montagu (both died at an early age):
- Louise Marie Colonna-Walewska.
- Comte George Eduard Auguste Colonna-Walewski.
- By Maria Anna di Ricci (1823–1912):
- Isabelle Colonna-Walewski (born in Buenos Aires in 1847. She is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery).
- Comte Charles Walewski (1848–1916), married Félice Douay (died 1952); no children.
- Elise Colonna-Walewski (died 1927) married Félix, Count de Bourqueney; had issue.
- Eugénie Colonna-Walewski (died 1884), married Count Frédéric Mathéus; had issue.
- By Rachel Felix:
- Comte Alexandre Antoine Colonna-Walewski, (recognized 1844 and adopted by Walewski in 1860); has numerous descendants living today.
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