The Łubieński family (plural: Łubieńscy; feminine singular: Łubieńska) are Polish

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who take their name from the village of Łubna-Jarosłaj near

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, in central Poland. They attained magnate status in the 18th century before the Partitions of Poland. One of their number, the reformer and Minister of Justice during Congress Poland, Felix, received the hereditary title of ''

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'', from king Frederick Wilhelm III of

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in 1796. He and his wife, the writer, Tekla Teresa Lubienska had 60 grandchildren. Thereafter, their relative economic decline was mitigated in part through their vast land holdings, their fertility and their capacity to participate in church, state, military, economic and industrial affairs. They have also made significant contributions in engineering and the arts.Żuchlewska, Teresa (2009). "Henryk Łubieński (1793–1883) i jego działalność gospodarczo-społeczna", ''Rocznik Żyrardowski'', 7 / Muzeum Historii Polski, http://mazowsze.hist.pl/29/Rocznik_Zyrardowski/659/2009/23655/ pp. 527–570. Historically, they are connected to some of the leading families of Poland, among them: Bieliński, Morawski, Potocki, Sobański,

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and Szymanowski. Since the 19th century, they are also related to families in England and France.

Family crest

They are members of the Pomian heraldic clan.

Notable figures

Bernard Łubieński Bernard Alojzy Łubieński, ( translit. Bernard Aloysius Lubienski) CSsR, (9 December 1846 – 10 September 1933) was a Polish Redemptorist priest, missionary and writer, closely associated with Bishop Robert Coffin and with the Roman C ...

(1846–1933), Polish priest * Feliks Łubieński (1758–1848), Polish politician and jurist *

Henryk Łubieński Henryk Jan Nepomucen Łubieński, Pomian coat of arms, (11 July 1793, in Prague – 17 September 1883, in Wiskitki, Poland) – was the scion of a Polish magnate family, landowner, financier, lawyer, early industrialist, economic activist, an ...

(1793–1883), Polish financier and industrialist * Maciej Łubieński (1572–1652), Polish archbishop * Maria Magdalena Łubieńska (1833–1920), Polish artist and educator * Stanisław Łubieński (1573–1640), Polish politician and bishop * Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810), Polish writer and translator *

Teresa Łubieńska Teresa Łubieńska, née Skarżyńska (Russian Poland, 18 April 1884 – London, 25 May 1957), was a social activist, Resistance fighter – lieutenant in the Polish Underground Army – and survivor of two Nazi concentration camps. After Wo ...

(1884–1957), Polish social activist and resistance fighter * Tomasz Łubieński (1784–1870), Polish brigadier general and senator * Władysław Aleksander Łubieński (1703–1767), Polish archbishop *

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(born 1947), English-Polish actor

Estates

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- Sugar Factory ''Łubna''

References

External links

Marek Jerzy Minakowski – ''Genealogia Potomków Sejmu Wielkiego'' – genealogy service
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