Maria Ludwika Krasińska

Maria Ludwika Krasińska
Princess Maria Ludwika Czartoryska
Coat of armsŚlepowron
Full nameMaria Ludwika Joanna Józefa
BornMaria Ludwika Joanna Józefa, Countess Krasińska
24 March 1883
Warsaw, Congress Poland
Died23 January 1958(1958-01-23) (aged 74)
Cannes, France
Noble familyKrasiński
Spouse
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(m. 1901; died 1937)​
Issue
FatherLudwik Józef Krasiński
MotherMagdalena Zawisza-Kierżgaiłło

Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 – 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress, landowner, and a significant art collector.[1][2][3]

Biography

Maria Ludwika was born on 24 March 1883 in Warsaw, the only child of Count Ludwik Józef Krasiński (1833–1895) and his wife, Countess Magdalena Zawisza-Kierżgaiłło (1861–1935).[4] Following her father's death in 1895, she became the primary heiress to one of the largest aristocratic fortunes in Poland, which included vast agricultural estates, forestry tracts, and ancestral urban properties.[5] Her inherited art collections and private capital served as a structural foundation for the expansion of the Krasinski Museum in Warsaw, securing historical artifacts and European fine art during the early twentieth century.[6]

Marriage and issue

Princess Maria Czartoryska with her husband and children, 1917.

On 31 August 1901 in Warsaw, she married Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski, the eldest son of Prince Władysław Czartoryski and Princess Marguerite of Orléans.[7] The marriage produced eight children:[8]

Later life and death

Following the geopolitical disruptions of World War II and the subsequent nationalization of industrial and noble estates in Poland, Maria Ludwika permanently relocated to France.[12] She dedicated her later years to family obligations and the administration of surviving private archives. She died on 23 January 1958 at the age of 74 in Cannes, France.

References

  1. ↑ Walter, v. Hueck (1987). "Czartoryski". Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Fürstliche Häuser. Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke Verlag.
  2. ↑ McNaughton, Arnold (1973). "Czartoryski". The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. London: Garnstone Press. ISBN 0-900391-19-7.
  3. ↑ Gotha (1923). "Czartoryski". Almanach de Gotha. Gotha: Justus Perthes.
  4. ↑ Kneschke, Ernst Heinrich (1864). "Krasinski". Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon. Vol. 5. Leipzig: Verlag von Christian Ernst Kollmann.
  5. ↑ Borkowski, Jerzy Sewer Dunin (1883). Rocznik Szlachty Polskiej. Vol. 2. Lwów: Księgarnia K. Łukaszewicza. p. 234.
  6. ↑ Chłapowski, Krzysztof (1966). "Czartoryski". Materiały do biografii, genealogii i heraldyki ludności polskiej. Vol. 3. Buenos Aires-Paris: Mencel.
  7. ↑ Avenel, Henri (1902). Annuaire de la presse française et du monde politique. Paris: Flammarion. p. 412.
  8. ↑ Volkmann, Jean-Charles (1998). "Czartoryski". Généalogies des rois et des princes d'Europe. Paris: Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot. ISBN 978-2877473743.
  9. ↑ Huberty, Michel (1988). "Deux-Siciles". L'Allemagne dynastique: Les quinze dynasties de l'Empire. Vol. 5. Le Perreux-sur-Marne: Alain Giraud.
  10. ↑ Boniecki, Adam (1900). Herbarz Polski. Vol. 3. Warsaw: Skład Główny Gebethner i Wolff. p. 321.
  11. ↑ Żychliński, Teodor (1890). Złota księga szlachty polskiej. Vol. 12. Poznań: Czcionkami Jarosława Leitgebra. p. 87.
  12. ↑ Adelsarchiv, Deutsches (2015). "Czartoryski". Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch: Fürstliche Häuser. Marburg: Verlag des Deutschen Adelsarchivs. ISBN 978-3981724301.

Further reading

  • Volkmann, Jean-Charles (1998). Généalogies des rois et des princes d'Europe (in French). Paris: Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot. ISBN 978-2877473743.
  • Żychliński, Teodor (1890). Złota księga szlachty polskiej (in Polish). Vol. 12. Poznań: Czcionkami Jarosława Leitgebra.
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