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Piotr Michał Czartoryski
Prince Piotr Michał Czartoryski (1 September 1909 – 17 December 1993) was a Polish noble (szlachcic). Piotr became Master Engineer, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Jagiellonian University and was Capitan (reserve) of the Armia Krajowa The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ..., during the Second World War. He married Anna Zamoyska and had three children, Monika Maria Czartoryska, Krzysztof Piotr Czartoryski and Joanna Maria Czartoryska. References 1909 births 1993 deaths Polish resistance members of World War II Piotr Michal Czartoryski {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czartoryski Coat Of Arms
The Czartoryski coat of arms is a Polish heraldry, Polish–Lithuanian coat of arms, a variant of the Pogoń Litewska arms. It has been used by the Gediminid Czartoryski family. History The Czartoryski family is of Lithuanian descent from Ruthenia. Their ancestor, a grandson of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, became known with his baptismal name Constantine (c. 1330−1390) - he became a Prince of Chortoryisk in Volhynia. One of his sons, Vasyli Chortoryiski (Ukrainian: Чарторийський; c. 1375–1416), was granted an estate in Volhynia in 1393, and his three sons John, Alexander and Michael (c. 1400–1489) are considered the progenitors of the family. The founding members were culturally Ruthenian and Eastern Orthodox; they converted to Roman Catholicism and were Polonized during the 16th century. Michael's descendant Prince Kazimierz Czartoryski (1674–1741), Duke of Klewan and Zukow (Klevan and Zhukiv), Castellan of Vilnius, reawakened Czartoryski royal am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |