Background
Ludwika was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1807, the daughter of Nicolas Chopin and his wife Justyna.
Ludwika was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1807, the daughter of Nicolas Chopin and his wife Justyna.
Like her brother Frédéric (b 1810), she studied music with Wojciech Żywny.
From a young age, she showed talent for music and literature. Later, when Frédéric"s health had begun to deteriorate rapidly, he requested that Ludwika come and stay with him. Ludwika was with Frédéric when he died on 17 October 1849.
Her husband accused her of putting her family before everything else, and for many years Jędrzejewicz treated Ludwika badly.
This continued until Jędrzejewicz"s death in 1853. Ludwika died of a plague during an 1855 epidemic, at her home in Warsaw.