Czartoryski

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Motto
Bądź co bądź

(Come what may)
Estate(s)Czartoryski Palace

The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy;

Polish princely family of Lithuanian[3]-Ruthenian[4] origin, also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dynasty,[5][6] by the mid-17th century had split into two branches, based in the Klevan Castle and the Korets Castle, respectively. They used the Czartoryski coat of arms and were a noble family of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
in the 18th century.

The Czartoryski and the

Potocki were the two most influential aristocratic families of the last decades of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).[7]

Czartoryski family vault in Sieniawa
Kazimierz Czartoryski, founder of the "Familia"
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski; portrait by Józef Peszka

History

The Czartoryski family is of Lithuanian descent from

Polonized during the 16th century.[10]

Michael's descendant Prince

Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland 1704–1709 and 1733–1736). The Czartoryski had risen to power under August Aleksander Czartoryski (1697–1782) of the Klewa line, who married Zofia Denhoffowa, the only heir to the Sieniawski family.[11]

The family attained the height of its influence from the mid-18th century in the court of King Augustus III (r. 1734–1763). The Czartoryski brothers gained a very powerful ally in their brother-in-law, Stanisław Poniatowski, whose son became the last king of the independent Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanisław August Poniatowski (r. 1764–1795).

The Czartoryski's Familia saw the decline of the Commonwealth and the rise of anarchy and joined the camp which was determined to press ahead with reforms; thus they sought the enactment of such constitutional reforms as the abolition of the liberum veto.

Although the Russian Empire confiscated the family estate at Puławy in 1794, during the third partition of Poland, the Familia continued to wield significant cultural and political influence for decades after, notably through the princes Adam Kazimierz (1734–1823), Adam Jerzy (1770–1861) and Konstanty Adam (1777–1866).

The Czartoryski family is renowned for the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków and the Hôtel Lambert in Paris.

Today, the only descendants of Prince

Confederation of the Polish Nobility
.

Coat of arms and motto

The Czartoryski family used the

Pogoń Litewska
arms.

  • Czartoryski coat of arms used in 1785
    Czartoryski coat of arms used in 1785

Notable members

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski; portrait by Józef Oleszkiewicz

Notable members include:

In Poland

In Hungary

  • Piotr Czartoryski ( wife: Lázár Mária)
  • Mária Lázár (b. Mária Czartoriska) (1895–1983), actress ( mother: Lázár Mária)
  • Serbán Ivánné (b. Magdolna Irén Czartoryska (mother: Lázár Mária)
  • sons of Magdolna Iren Czartoryska
  • Wachtel Elemér
  • Wachtel Domonkos
  • Dr Czartoryski Jenö (mother: Lázár Maria)
  • sons of Jenö Czartoryski
  • Adam Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Ivan Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, Sweden, architect

Palaces

See also

References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana–A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 23. Encyclopedia Americana Corporation. 1919. p. 131.
  2. ISBN 0313260079
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  3. ISBN 9781107636910
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  4. ISBN 0313260079
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  5. ISBN 9789955854449
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  6. ISBN 9788386138371
    .
  7. ^ Kowalski 2013, p. 296.
  8. ^ Karolak M., Genealogia rodu Czartoryskich, www.mariuszkarolak.pl, Puławy 2020
  9. ^ Tęgowski J. Który Konstanty — Olgierdowic czy Koriatowic — był przodkiem kniaziów Czartoryskich? // Europa Orientalis. — Toruń, 1996. — S. 53-59.
  10. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  11. ^ Kowalski 2013, p. 297.

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