Henryk Ludwik Lubomirski
Prince Henryk Ludwik Lubomirski (1777–1850) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, political activist and patron of the arts. Life He was the son of Józef Aleksander Lubomirski, he married Teresa Czartoryska (1785–1868), daughter of Prince Józef Klemens Czartoryski (1740–1810). He served as Prefect of the Kraków Department of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1810. In 1813, he established the ''Przesąd Zwyciężony'' masonic lodge. In 1823, he founded the Lubomirski Princes Museum in Lviv (it was officially re-established in 1995 and is now part of Ossolineum in Wrocław). He was the great-grandfather of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. See also *Lubomirski family *Szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ... Ancestry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubomirski, ...
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Lubomirski
The House of Lubomirski is a Polish princely family. The Lubomirski family's coat of arms is the Drużyna coat of arms, which is similar to the Szreniawa coat of arms but without a cross. Origin and the coat of arms The Lubomirski family have been actors in the history of Poland since the 10th century. There are two theories regarding the family's origin. One, by Adam Boniecki, a Polish heraldist, assumes that there were two branches of the family. One settled at the Szreniawa River in Proszowice County while the other established itself in Szczyrzyc County. The time of this division of the family is not known, but most likely it was before the adoption of Christianity by Poland. The Szreniawici family used a similar coat of arms, which means that the two families had the same ancestry. At the time of Mieszko I, the members of the Lubomirski family demonstrated bravery in battle against pagans. For this they were awarded the rank of knight and a coat of arms, which de ...
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