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Adam Karol Czartoryski
Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski (born 2 January 1940) is a Polish and Spanish aristocrat who is head of the Polish House of Czartoryski. He is related to both the Spanish royal family (House of Borbón-Anjou) and to France's House of Orléans. In 2016, he sold the family art collection held in the Czartoryski Museum to the Polish state for approximately €100 million. Origins Adam Karol Czartoryski is the son of Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946) and Princess María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Through his mother, he is the first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He is the head of the Polish House of Czartoryski, descendants of Gediminas (died 1341), ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Czartoryski rose to power under August Aleksander Czartoryski (1697–1782) of the Klewa line, who married Countess Zofia von Dönhoff, the only heir to the Sieniawski family. The Czartoryski and the Potocki were the two most influential aristocratic famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czartoryski
The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; lt, Čartoriskiai) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian- Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dynasty, 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). History The Czartoryski family is of Lithuanian descent from Ruthenia. Their ancestor, a grandson of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, became known with his baptismal name Constantine ( 1330−1390) - he became a Prince of Chortoryisk in Volhynia.Tęgowski J. ''Który Konstanty — Olgierdowic czy Koriatowic — był przodkiem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th- to 17th-century Europe. At its largest territorial extent, in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth covered almost and as of 1618 sustained a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages. The Commonwealth was established by the Union of Lublin in July 1569, but the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had been in a ''de facto'' personal union since 1386 with the marriage of the Polish queen Jadwiga (Hedwig) and Lithuania's Grand Duke Jogaila, who was crowned King '' jure uxoris'' Władysław ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Marie Isabelle Of Orléans
es, María Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina Rufina Gasparina Melchora Baltasara Matea , birth_date = , birth_place = Royal Alcázars of Seville, Seville, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Palacio de Orléans, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain , father = Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier , mother = Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain , spouse = , issue = Amélie, Queen of Portugal Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans Princess Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Princess Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Louise, Infanta Carlos of SpainPrince Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier , house = Orléans , religion = Roman Catholicism Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (María Isabel de Orleans y Borbón; 21 September 1848 – 23 April 1919) was born an infanta of Spain and a Princess of Orléans and became the Countess of Paris by marriage. Biography She was born in Seville to Prince Antoine, Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Philippe, Count Of Paris
Prince Philippe of Orléans, Count of Paris (Louis Philippe Albert; 24 August 1838 – 8 September 1894), was disputedly King of the French from 24 to 26 February 1848 as Louis Philippe II, although he was never officially proclaimed as such. He was the grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. He was the Count of Paris as Orléanist claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death. From 1883, when his cousin Henri, Count of Chambord died, he was often referred to by Orléanists as Philippe VII. Early life Prince Philippe became the ''Prince Royal'', heir apparent to the throne, when his father, Prince Ferdinand-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, died in a carriage accident in 1842. Although there was some effort during the days after the abdication of his grandfather in 1848 to put him on the throne under the name of Louis-Philippe II, with his mother (Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) as Regent, this came to nothing. They fled, and the French Second Republic was proclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Maria Antonietta Of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
, title =Countess of Caserta , image =Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse =Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta , issue = Prince Ferdinand Pius Prince CarlosPrince Francesco di Paola Princess Maria Immaculata Princess Maria Cristina Princess Maria di GraziaPrince Ranieri, Duke of Castro Prince FilippoPrince Francesco d'Assisi Prince Gabriele , house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , father =Prince Francis, Count of Trapani , mother =Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Naples, Two Sicilies , death_date = , death_place = Freiburg im Breisgau, Republic of Baden, Nazi Germany , burial_place = Cimetière du Grand Jas, Cannes , religion = Roman Catholic Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Maria Antonietta Giuseppina Leopoldina; 16 March 1851 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Alfonso, Count Of Caserta
, title = Count of Caserta , image = Alfonso, Count of Caserta.jpg , caption = , succession = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , reign-type = Tenure , reign = 27 December 1894 – 26 May 1934 , predecessor = Francis II , successor = Prince Ferdinand Pius , spouse = Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , issue = Prince Ferdinando Pio, Duke of Castro Prince CarlosPrince Francesco di Paola Princess Maria Immacolata Princess Maria Cristina Princess Maria di GraziaPrincess Maria GiuseppinaPrince GennaroPrince Ranieri, Duke of Castro Prince FilippoPrince Francesco d'Assisi Prince Gabriel , house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , father = Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies , mother = Maria Theresa of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Caserta, Two Sicilies , death_date = , death_place = Cannes, France , place of burial = Cimetiè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Marguerite Of Orléans
, title = Princess Małgorzata Adelajda Maria Czartoryska , image = Princess Marguerite Adélaïde Czartoryska.jpg , image_size = 220px , caption = , spouse = Prince Władysław Czartoryski , issue = Prince Adam Ludwik CzartoryskiPrince Witold Kazimierz Czartoryski , house = Orléans , father = Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours , mother = Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , birth_date = , birth_place = Pavillon de Marsan, Tuileries Palace, Paris, Kingdom of France , death_date = , death_place = Paris, French Republic , religion = Roman Catholicism Princess Marguerite Adélaïde Marie of Orléans, french: Marguerite d'Orléans, pl, Małgorzata Orleańska, (born 16 February 1846, Pavillon de Marsan, Tuileries Palace, Paris, Kingdom of the French – died 24 October 1893, Paris, French RepublicNOTE:Extract oParis Civil records 1893: p. 25. Rem: the death was declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Czartoryski
Prince Władysław (Ladislaus) Czartoryski (3 July 1828 – 23 June 1894) was a Polish noble, political activist in exile, collector of art, and founder of the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków. Life Son of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha, he married María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre, daughter of Queen Maria Christina of Spain by morganatic marriage to Agustín Fernando Muñoz, Duke of Riánsares, on 1 March 1855 in Malmaison near Paris. Their son August Czartoryski contracted tuberculosis at the age of six from his mother, who died soon thereafter. August (known as "Gucio") had as a tutor Joseph (later Saint Raphael) Kalinowski. Władysław hoped that his son would pursue a diplomatic career, but Gucio went against his father's wishes and joined the religious order of the Salesians. Gucio was ordained a priest in 1893, but neither his father nor anyone else in the family attended the ceremony, and he died a year later of tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Louise Of Orléans
, title = Princess Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , image = Louise of France Princess of Bourbon.jpg , image_size = , caption = , spouse = , issue = , house = Orléans , father = Prince Philippe, Count of Paris , mother = Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain , birth_date = , birth_place = Cannes, France , death_date = , death_place = Seville, Spain , burial_place = Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, Seville , religion = Roman Catholicism Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and paternal great grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe d'Orléans (1838–1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as " Philippe VII". Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans (1848–1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Carlos Of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
, house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , spouse = , issue = , father = Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta , mother = Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = Firma de Carlos de Borbón.svg Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (Full Italian name: ''Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Infante di Spagna''; 10 November 1870 – 11 November 1949) was the son of Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and nephew of the last King of the Two Sicilies, Francis II. Marriages and children On 14 February 1901 in Madrid, Carlos married Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, elder daughter of the late King Alfonso XII of Spain and of his wife Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria. Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ludwika Krasińska
Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 - 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress and landowner, and a significant art collector. Her art collection was the origin of the Krasinski Museum. Maria was married to Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski on August 31, 1901 in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall .... 1883 births 1958 deaths Maria Ludwika {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
