Princess Izabella Elżbieta Czartoryska (19 December 1832 – 18 March 1899) was a Polish

noblewoman A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility. Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time. Ennoblement of women has traditionally been a rare occurrence; the majority of noblewomen were linked to the nobility by either their ...

Biography

Born into the powerful

House of Czartoryski The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; ) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian- Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dynasty, by the mid-17t ...

, she was a daughter of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and his wife, Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha, member of the equally powerful

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. On 21 February 1857, Izabella was married to Count Jan Kanty Działyński (1829–1880), the son of Count

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in Paris, France. Their marriage produced no children.

References

1832 births 1899 deaths People from Congress Poland Izabella Elzbieta Czartoryska 19th-century Polish nobility {{Poland-noble-stub