Count Władysław Krasiński (1844–1873) was a Polish

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, landowner, lawyer and historian.

Biography

Władysław was the 3rd

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of the Opinogóra estates. He was the son of one of Poland's greatest romantic poets

Zygmunt Krasiński Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who ...

. During the

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he worked in

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together with Prince

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, Congres ...

. He was passionate in the humanities and organized the ordination collections. He founded the Library of ord. Krasińscy, initiated the publishing house Library of ord. In 1868. Krasińscy published together with Władysław Chomętowski the first five volumes. He was married to Countess Róża Potocka and had three children, Adam Krasiński, Elżbieta Maria Krasińska and Zofia Krasińska.

References

1844 births 1873 deaths 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire Counts of Poland Wladyslaw Polish counts of the Kingdom of Prussia {{Poland-noble-stub