Jan Franciszek Czarnowski (1883–1963) was a Polish nobleman of

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who was Papal chamberlain to

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, and head of the Polish Priory of the Order of the

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. He was married to Helena (Lunia)

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, and owned the

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estate, where he commissioned a palace, built by Juliusz Nagórski

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Jan Franciszek Czarnowski z Czarnowa h. Grabie
Papal chamberlains Knights of Malta 1883 births 1963 deaths {{RC-bio-stub