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Maria Ludwika Krasińska
Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 - 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress, landowner and a significant art collector. Biography Born into an old and influential House of Krasiński, Maria was the only child of Count Count Ludwik Krasinski (1833-1895) and his wife, Magdalena Zawisza-Kierzgaillo (1861-1935). Her art collection was the origin of the Krasinski Museum. Marriage and issue On August 31, 1901 in Warsaw, she was married to Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski, eldest son of Prince Władysław Czartoryski by his second wife, Princess Marguerite of Orléans. They had tree sons and four daughters: * Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska (1902-1929), married Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; had issue * Princess Elżbieta Czartoryska (1905-1989), married Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski; had issue * Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907-1946), married Princess María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; had issue *Princess Yoland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasiński Family
The House of Krasiński (plural: Krasińscy) is an old Szlachta, Polish noble family, whose members held the title of Count in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, granted to them on 29 June 1856 by Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Joseph I. The name is derived from the village of Krasne, Masovian Voivodeship, Krasne in Masovia. The family traces its origins to the 14th century. Its members have been landowners and politically active in Masovia, Lithuania, and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, now in Poland. The Krasiński family has produced officers, politicians (including voivodes of Poland and members of the Senate of Poland), and bishops. One of the most renowned members of the Krasiński family is the 19th-century poet Zygmunt Krasiński, one of Poland's ''Three Bards''. Origins Wratislaw Corvin is a figure in Hungarian history, recognized for his ancestral lineage. The family's Polish heritage can be traced back to Slawek Korwin (1412–1427), who established ownership of Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, and they dominated those states by exercising szlachta's privileges, political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the Feudalism, feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution (Poland), March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. The ''szlachta'' secured Golden Liberty, substantial and increasing political power and rights throughout its history, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January * January 4 – ''Life (magazine), Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A Newhall House Hotel Fire, fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. February * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The ''Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an Competition law, antitrust law. * February 28 – The first vaudeville th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWII
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York (surname)
York and Yorke are surnames and may refer to: York * Alexander M. York (1838–1928), American politician * Alissa York (born 1970), Canadian writer * Alvin C. York (1887–1964), American war hero * Andrew York (born 1958), American guitarist * Andy York (1894–1977), British football player * Byron York (born 1958), American author and journalist * Cade York (born 2001), American football player * Cam York (born 2001), American ice hockey player * Carol Beach York (1928–2013), American children's author * Christian York (born 1977), American professional wrestler * Chris York (born 1989), English rugby union player * Christopher York (1909–1999), British politician * Colin York (1904–1973), Australian rugby league player * Deborah York (born 1964), British singer * Dick York (1928–1992), American actor * Dolores Crow (née York; 1931–2018), American legislator * Dwight York (born 1945), American criminal, author and musician * Dwight York, stand-up comedian * Dw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess María De Los Dolores Of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (15 November 1909 – 11 May 1996) was a daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Princess Dolores was born into the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian noble Czartoryski family through her marriage to Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski. She was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Early life Born on 15 November 1909 at the Palace of Villamejor, Princess Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the second child of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his second wife Princess Louise of Orléans. She was christened Maria de los Dolores Victoria Felipa Luisa Mercedes. Princess Dolores, nicknamed Dola among his relatives, was closely related to the Spanish royal family. Her father, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, had renounced his right to the throne of Two Sicilies becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Adam Zamoyski
Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski (17 February 1904 – 27 October 1976) was a Polish nobleman, landowner and a magnate. Biography Born into an old and wealthy Zamoyski family, Stefan Adam was the eldest son of Count Wladyslaw Zamoyski (1873-1944) and his wife, Marie Mezynska (1878-1956). He had a degree of Doctor of Law. He was owner of estates in Wysock. Lt.-Col. Count Stefan Zamoyski served as an aide-de-camp to Polish Prime Minister-in-exile Wladislaw Sikorski in London. In December 1940, Lt.-Col. Zamoyski wrote to the head of RAF Bomber Command, requesting that the German concentration camp Auschwitz be bombed to allow the Polish political prisoners imprisoned there at the time to escape. The RAF declined to act. Following World War II, Zamoyski remained in Britain. He worked at the Jockey Club where he came into contact with Captain Kazimierz Bobinski. Together, they completed Bobinski's work on compiling the "Bobinski-Zamoyski Family Tables of Racehorses", published in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Gabriel Of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Gabriele Maria Giuseppe Carlo Ignazio Antonio Alfonso Pietro Giovanni Gerardo di Majella et Omni Sancti; 11 January 1897 – 22 October 1975) was a prince of the deposed dynasty which ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Family Gabriel was the twelfth child and youngest son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and his wife, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Nicknamed ''Onga'' within his family circle, he grew up having little contact with either of the two elder brothers, Carlo (1870–1949) and Ranieri (1883–1973), whose rival claims for headship of the family and its dynastic orders ''"would rend loyalties the House of Bourbon-Sicily asunder into the 21st century"''. Marriage and issue Gabriel married firstly Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska, daughter of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski and his wife Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska, on 25 August 1927 in Paris. The couple had one child before Malgorzata d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Marguerite Of Orléans
Princess Marguerite Adélaïde Marie of Orléans, , , (16 February 1846 – 24 October 1893) was a member of the House of Orléans and a Princess of France by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Władysław Czartoryski, Marguerite was a princess of the House of Czartoryski by marriage. Early life Marguerite was the third child of Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours and his wife Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. On February 17, 1846, the day after her birth, she was baptized at the Tuileries Palace in Paris and held at the baptismal font by her paternal uncle François of Orléans, Prince of Joinville, and by her paternal great-aunt Princess Adélaïde of Orléans. She lived in Bushy House after the death of her grandmother, Queen Maria Amalia who received the house after the death of Queen Adelaide; then her father inherited after the death of her grandmother. In 1865, Marguerite became romantically involved with her first cousin, Louis of Orléans, Prince of Condé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Czartoryski
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 in Kraków. Early life Czartoryski was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, on 3 July 1828. He was a son of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha. His father began his political career as a List of Russian foreign ministers, Foreign Minister to the Russian Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I after Poland was Partitions of Poland, partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria. He later became the 1st Polish National Government (November Uprising), President of the Polish National Government in exile and a bitter opponent of Alexander's successor, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I. His elder brother was Prince Witold Czartoryski and his younger sister was Princess Izabella Elżbieta Czartoryska, who married Count Jan Kanty Działyński (son of Tytus Działyński). His paternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
