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
House of Sapieha
The House of Sapieha (; ; ; ) is a Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate family of Ruthenian origin,Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі" descending from the medieval boyars of Smolensk and Polotsk. Vernadsky, George. ...
. On 21 February 1857, Izabella was married to Count
Jan Kanty Działyński (1829–1880), the son of Count
Tytus Działyński
Count Tytus Adam Działyński (1796–1861, son of Ksawery, father to Jan Kanty) was a Polish nobleman, political activist and protector of arts and a Prussian politician.
Biography
Tytus was born into the rich and influential Polish nobl ...
in Paris, France.
Their marriage produced no children.
References
1832 births
1899 deaths
People from Congress Poland
Izabella Elzbieta Czartoryska
19th-century Polish nobility
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