Princess Konstancja Sanguszko (1716–1791), was a Polish magnate.
She was the daughter of
Count Stanislas Ernst von Dönhoff and Countess Maria Katharina Johanna von
Dönhoff (1686-1723). Konstancja was married to
Prince Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko in 1731. She lived separated from her spouse, who was homosexual and abandoned her shortly after the wedding. She lived in Gdansk, and played a political role during the
Bar Confederation
The Bar Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja barska; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles (szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia (now part of Ukraine) in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polishâ ...
(1768–1772), when she contributed to the formation of the Confederation. In 1780, she remarried
Józef Rogaliński, who abandoned her, wasted her fortune and left her to die in poverty. She was involved in long lawsuits with both of her husbands which attracted great attention.
References
* Maria Czeppe i Roman Marcinek Konstancja Kolumba Sanguszkowa w Polski SÅ‚ownik Biograficzny tom XXXIV wyd. 1992-1993 s.523
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18th-century Polish–Lithuanian politicians
18th-century Polish women
1716 births
1791 deaths
Konstancja
Bar confederates
18th-century women politicians
18th-century Polish nobility