Zofia Lubomirska

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Zofia Lubomirska
Princess
Lubomirski
Spouse(s)Jan Tarło (1684–1750), Antoni Lubomirski (1718-1782)
IssueSon with Antoni Lubomirski died in infancy
FatherAleksander Krasiński
MotherSalomea Trzcińska

Zofia Lubomirska (1718 - 27 October 1790), was an independently wealthy

noblewoman, and landowner, known for her political involvement and philanthropy.[1]

Life

She was born in the Sandomierz Voivodeship the daughter of Aleksander Krasiński (1690-1730) and his wife, Salomea Trzcińska. She married firstly Jan Tarło (d. 1750), who left her the town of Opole Lubelskie in his will. In 1754, she married the magnate, Antoni Lubomirski, with whom she was actively involved in state affairs. She reportedly persuaded Lubomirski to end his alliance with Austria and instead become a French agent by accepting an alliance with France. Both her first spouse and her brother, Stanisław, were pro-French.

Enlightenment activist

On finding out about it after the event, she opposed the marriage of her niece,

Bishop of Kamieniec
.

She produced two political commentaries about Polish politics in 1770, in which she argued for the reform of the rights of the nobility as well as to reform the civil and judicial court systems. She spent most of her life on her domains in Opole,

Grand Duke Paul of Russia in disguise, as Monsieur du Nord, in Opole, then king Stanisław August Poniatowski
in 1787.

Administrator and entrepreneur

Church of Our Lady of the Snows flanked by the Sisters of Charity convent founded by Antoni and Zofia Lubomirski in Przeworsk

Zofia refurbished the buildings, especially the palaces on her estates, with the help of leading architects and designers. In the town of Przeworsk aside from the textile factory she set up a silk production making the famous ornate bands favoured by many Polish noblemen, Pas kontuszowy. She was known as a patron of the arts, especially of literary authors. After the death of her first husband, Jan, she founded a new hospital in Opole. With her second husband, Antoni, she founded a church and convent for the congregation of the Sisters of Charity in Przeworsk.[3]

She died a widow in Warsaw on 27 October 1790.

References

  1. Władysław Konopczyński (1972). "Zofia Lubomirska". The Polish Biographical Dictionary
    . Vol. 17. Warsaw, Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk i Polska Akademia Umiejętności.
  2. . [accessed = 2018.11.23]
  3. ^ Siostry Miłosierdzia, "Sisters of Charity" (2016). Historia domu w Przeworsku, history (in Polish) of the Przeworsk convent, with portraits of the two founders http://www.krakow.szarytki.pl/?p=1132, [retrieved 2018-11-21]

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