Prince Józef Klemens Czartoryski (1740–1810) was a Polish nobleman (
szlachcic
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 th ...
) who owned
Korets Castle
The Korets Castle ( uk, Корецький замок) is a castle built in Korets ca. 1400 by either Prince Theodor Ostrogski or Prince Dymitr Korybut. Its main tower is featured in the town's emblem.
The moated castle on the bank of the Korchy ...
. He was a Knight of the
Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1767.
He became the Grand
Stalininkas of Lithuania in 1764,
Klucznik (Steward) of
Volhynia
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...
in 1772 and
Starost
The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. Th ...
and
Wójt
Wójt is a Polish senior civil administrative officer and the highest representative of the government of a ''rural gmina'', i.e., of a commune (''gmina'') comprising only villages. (Heads of towns and cities are called "burgomaster" (Polish: ''bur ...
of
Łuki and
Radoszyce.
He produced
faience
Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major ad ...
and porcelain at his estate, until the manufactory burnt down. After 1797, he was engaged in making Kontusz sashes (
Pas kontuszowy
Kontush belt ("kontusz sash" or the ''Slutsk sash''; lt, kontušo juosta, be, слуцкi пояс) was a cloth sash used for girding a kontusz (a robe-like garment). It was one of the most distinctive items of male dress of Polish and Lithua ...
), for the nobility.
From 1789 to 1790 he was the Polish envoy in Berlin and was heavily involved in forging the
Polish–Prussian alliance
The Polish-Lithuanian and Prussian Alliance was a mutual defense alliance signed on 29 March 1790 in Warsaw between representatives of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Prussia. It was signed in the brief period when Prussia w ...
.
File:POL COA Czartoryski.svg, Coat of Arms
Korets. Castle..jpg, The ruins of Korets Castle
Ancestors
References
www.sejm-wielki.plde Józef Klemens Czartoryski
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1740 births
1810 deaths
Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Jozef Klemens Czartoryski
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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