Prince Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski (1895–1975) was a Polish noble (''

szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the 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, a ...

''). He was the last owner of the

Pełkinie Pełkinie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarosław, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Jarosław and east of the regional capital Rzeszów Rz ...

, Wiazownica and Byliny land estates and the Szowsko industrial estate, before these were confiscated by the communist decree of

nationalization Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization contrasts with p ...

on 3 January 1946. He was the curator of the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków in the first years after

World War II 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 wo ...

. Włodzimierz married Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz on 5 April 1923 in

Krzeszowice Krzeszowice () is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. As of 2004, its population was 9,993. Krzeszowice belongs to ''Kraków Metropolitan Area'', and lies 25 kilometers west of the center of the city of Krakó ...

. They had three children together: Paul Marie Czartoryski, Elisabeth Rose-Marie Czartoryska and Roza Maria Jadwiga Laurencja Czartoryska.

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1895 births 1975 deaths Wlodzimierz Alfons {{poland-noble-stub