Princess Julia Lubomirska (1764 – 22 August 1794) was a Polish
noblewoman, known for her love life.
She was the daughter of
Izabela Lubomirska, one of the richest people in the Commonwealth and cousin of the king
Stanislaus Augustus, and the Grand Marshal of the Crown
Stanisław Lubomirski. She was considered one of the most beautiful Polish women of her time, for which she was called "Guiliatta la bella".
In 1785 in
Wilanów, she married
Jan Nepomucen Potocki
Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki (1867–1943) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic).
Jan was owner of Rymanów Zdrój estates. He was married to Róża Maria Wodzicka on 30 June 1892 in Kraków, and to Maria Szajer on 14 October 1905 in Przemyśl.
1867 ...
, travel writer best known for his novel ''
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa'' and for being the first person in Poland to fly on a hot-air balloon. Soon after the wedding they went together to Italy, France, Britain, and the Netherlands for three years. During this time, she gave birth to
Alfred and
Artur while staying with her mother.
They returned in 1788, when Jan became an envoy at the
Four-Year Sejm and Julia supported the
Constitution of 3 May. It was during this time that she met
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, also an envoy at said Sejm, with whom she had an affair well known socially. They were separated by his participation in the
Polish–Russian War of 1792 and the
Kościuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794 and the Second Polish War, was an uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pr ...
, though they continued to correspond. Following the triumph of Russia over the Constitution and the accession of the king to the
Targowica Confederation, Julia and her husband returned to France, where he had links with the Jacobins. While there, she provided
Tadeusz Kościuszko with organisational and financial help in January 1793. After this, Jan went to Germany while Julia returned to Poland.
She died of tuberculosis, with her husband and two sons by her deathbed.
Through her son Alfred Wojciech Potocki and his daughter the current
royal family of
Liechtenstein are her descendants.
See also
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Biała Dama
Biała Dama is an unflavored vodka produced by Polmos Łańcut. According to its producer it has delicate, unobtrusive aromatic note of neutral grain spirits. It contains 40% alcohol by volume.
The vodka has a tradition of more than 200 years. ' ...
References
1764 births
1794 deaths
Julia Lubomirska
18th-century Polish nobility
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