Prince Władysław (Ladislaus) Czartoryski (3 July 1828 – 23 June 1894) was a Polish noble, political activist in exile, collector of art, and founder of the

Czartoryski Museum The Princes Czartoryski Museum ( pl, Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich ) – often abbreviated to Czartoryski Museum – is a historic museum in Kraków, Poland, and one of the country's oldest museums. The initial collection was formed in 1796 in P ...

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Life

Son of Prince

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

and Princess

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, he married María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre, daughter of Queen Maria Christina of Spain by

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to Agustín Fernando Muñoz, Duke of Riánsares, on 1 March 1855 in Malmaison near

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. Their son August Czartoryski contracted

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at the age of six from his mother, who died soon thereafter. August (known as "Gucio") had as a tutor Joseph (later Saint Raphael) Kalinowski. Władysław hoped that his son would pursue a diplomatic career, but Gucio went against his father's wishes and joined the religious order of the

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. Gucio was ordained a priest in 1893, but neither his father nor anyone else in the family attended the ceremony, and he died a year later of tuberculosis at the age of 34. Gucio was

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in 2004'.

On 15 January 1872 Prince Władysław married his second wife,

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, daughter of the

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and granddaughter of King

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, with whom he had two more sons, in 1872 ( Adam Ludwik Czartoryski) and 1876. Prince Władysław was an activist of the Hotel Lambert. From 1863-1864 he was the main diplomatic agent of the revolutionary National Government (Rząd Narodowy) with the

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and Turkish governments. He was also owner of the family's outstanding collection of art: paintings, sculptures and antiquities. He was greatly interested in Egyptian art, making his purchases at sales in Paris and directly in Egypt. He donated some objects to the

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and also other archeological artifacts to the Jagellonian University. In 1871, he donated objects to the Polish Museum in

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, Switzerland. In 1865 he organized an exhibition of the "Czartoryski Collection" in the "Polish Room" of the ''Exposition des Arts Decoratifs'' in Paris. In 1878 he reopened the

, founded by his grandmother

Izabela Czartoryska Elżbieta "Izabela" Dorota Czartoryska (''née'' Flemming; 3 March 1746 – 15 July 1835) was a Polish princess, writer, art collector, and prominent figure in the Polish Enlightenment. She was the wife of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and a m ...

in 1801 in

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but closed after the November Uprising. He died in Boulogne-sur-Seine and was buried in the

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family crypt.

Gallery

File:María Amparo Muñoz y Borbón, condesa de Vista Alegre – conde Ladislao Czartoryski.jpg, Władysław Czartoryski with his wife María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre File:Adam Jerzy Czartoryski with sons.PNG, Władysław Czartoryski ''(right)'' with his brother ''(left)'' and father ''(seated)'',

External links

Website of the Czartoryski Museum, Kraków ''(in Polish)''
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Life

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