The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; lt, Čartoriskiai) 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-17th century had split into two branches, based in the Klevan Castle and the Korets Castle, respectively. They used the Czartoryski coat of arms and were a noble family of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ...

in the 18th century. The Czartoryski and the Potocki were the two most influential aristocratic families of the last decades of the

(1569–1795). Princes Czartoryski family vault in Sieniawa

History

The Czartoryski family is of Lithuanian descent from Ruthenia. Their ancestor, a grandson of

Gediminas Gediminas ( la, Gedeminne, ; – December 1341) was the king or Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory which later spanned the area ranging from ...

, the

Grand Duke of Lithuania The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Kingdom of Lithuania, Lithuania, which was established as an Absolute monarchy, absolute and hereditary monarchy. Throughout Lithuania's history there were three Duke, ducal D ...

, became known with his baptismal name Constantine ( 1330−1390) - he became a Prince of Chortoryisk in

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

.Tęgowski J. ''Który Konstanty — Olgierdowic czy Koriatowic — był przodkiem kniaziów Czartoryskich?'' // Europa Orientalis. — Toruń, 1996. — S. 53-59. One of his sons, Vasyli Chortoryiski (Ukrainian: Чарторийський; 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 Zhukiv (Ukrainian ''Жуків''), is a major village in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It is located about 8 km north of Berezhany, beside the hill named Huk. Zhukiv belongs to Berezhany urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...

), Castellan of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional u ...

, reawakened Czartoryski royal ambitions at the end of the 17th century. He married Isabella Morsztyn, daughter of the Grand Treasurer of Poland, and built "The Familia" with their four children, Michał, August, Teodor and Konstancja. The family became known and powerful under the lead of brothers Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski and August Aleksander Czartoryski in the late

of the 18th century, during the reigns

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as Ki ...

(King of Poland, 1697-1706 and 1709-1733) and Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland 1704-1709 and 1733-1736). The Czartoryski had risen to power under August Aleksander Czartoryski (1697–1782) of the Klewa line, who married Zofia Denhoffowa, the only heir to the Sieniawski family. The family attained the height of its influence from the mid-18th century in the court of King Augustus III (. The Czartoryski brothers gained a very powerful ally in their brother-in-law, Stanisław Poniatowski, whose son became the last king of the independent Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,

Stanisław August Poniatowski Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch ...

(). The Czartoryski's Familia saw the decline of the Commonwealth and the rise of

anarchy Anarchy is a society without a government. It may also refer to a society or group of people that entirely rejects a set hierarchy. ''Anarchy'' was first used in English in 1539, meaning "an absence of government". Pierre-Joseph Proudhon adopte ...

and joined the camp which was determined to press ahead with reforms; thus they sought the enactment of such constitutional reforms as the abolition of the '' liberum veto''. Although the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

confiscated the family estate at

Puławy Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was estimated at 47 ...

in 1794, during the

third partition of Poland The Third Partition of Poland (1795) was the last in a series of the Partitions of Poland–Lithuania and the land of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Russian Empire which effectively ended Poli ...

, the Familia continued to wield significant cultural and political influence for decades after, notably through the princes Adam Kazimierz (1734-1823), Adam Jerzy (1770-1861) and Konstanty Adam (1777-1866). The Czartoryski family is renowned for the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków and the Hôtel Lambert in Paris. Today, the only descendants of Prince

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

are Prince

Adam Karol Czartoryski Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski (born 2 January 1940) is a Polish and Spanish aristocrat who is head of the Polish House of Czartoryski. He is related to both the Spanish royal family (House of Borbón-Anjou) and to France's House of Orléans. In ...

(1940- ) and his daughter

Tamara Czartoryska Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska ( Spanish: Tamara Laura María de los Dolores Luisa Fernanda Victoria y Todos los Santos Czartoryski y Picciotto; born 23 April 1978) is a Polish-Spanish former model, television star, and aristocrat. She is ...

(1978- ), who live in the United Kingdom. The descendants of Prince

Konstanty Adam Czartoryski Prince Konstanty Adam Czartoryski (October 28, 1777 – April 24, 1866) was a Polish nobleman who became colonel in 1809 in the Duchy of Warsaw and brigadier general in 1815 in Congress Poland Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland ...

live to this day in Poland and have their representatives in the

Confederation of the Polish Nobility The Polish Nobility Association (PNA) ( pl, Związek Szlachty Polskiej, ZSzP) – is a sociocultural organization, registered in 1995 in Gdańsk. The association aims to integrate the nobility of the once Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, take ca ...

Coat of arms and motto

The Czartoryski family used the Czartoryski coat of arms and the motto ''Bądź co bądź'' ("Come what may", literally 'let be, that which will be'). The family's arms were a modification of the Pogoń Litewska arms. image:POL COA Czartoryski duży.svg, Czartoryski coat of arms used in 1785

Notable members

Notable members include:

In Poland

* Wasyl Czartoryski (died after 1416), married Hanna ** Michał Czartoryski (died before 1486), married Maria Niemir *** Teodor Czartoryski (died 1542), married Princes

Zofia Sanguszko 150px, Paweł Karol Sanguszko 150px, Dymitr Sanguszko 150px, Roman Sanguszko 150px, Janusz Sanguszko 150px, Hieronim Sanguszko 150px, Barbara Sanguszko née Dunin 150px, Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko 150px, Władysław Hieronim Sanguszko 150p ...

h. Pogoń Litewska **** Iwan Czartoryski (died 1566), married Princess Anna Zasławska h.

Korybut Kaributas (''Koribut'', ''Korybut'', baptized ''Dmitry''; after 1350 – after 1404) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned in Severian Novgorod until 1393. Kaributas was born some time after 1350 (exact date is unknown) t ...

***** Jerzy Czartoryski (1550−1626), married Princess Aleksandra Wiśniowiecka h.

, Halszka Hołowińska h. Hołowiński and Princess Zofia Lubomirska h. Szreniawa ****** Michał Jerzy Czartoryski (1585−1661), married Princess

Izabella Korecka Izabella is a Polish feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Izabella Alvarez (born 2004), American actress *Izabella Antonowicz (born 1942), Polish sprint canoer *Izabella Elżbieta Czartoryska (1832–1899), Polish noble la ...

h. Pogoń Litewska ******* Michał Jerzy Czartoryski (1621−1692), married Rosine Margarethe von Eckenberg, Eufrozyna Stanisławska h.

Szeliga Szeliga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Harasiuki, within Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Harasiuki Harasiuki ( uk, Гарасюки, ''Harasiuky'') is a v ...

and

Joanna Weronika Olędzka Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice ...

Rawa The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) ( Persian:جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان, ''Jamiʿat-e Enqelābi-ye Zanān-e Afghānestān'', Pashto:د افغانستان د ښڅو انقلابی جمعی� ...

******** Kazimierz Czartoryski (1674−1741), married Countess Izabela Elżbieta Morsztyn h. Leliwa ********* Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775), married Countess Elenora Monika Waldstein ********* August Aleksander Czartoryski (1697−1782) married Countess Maria Zofia Sieniawska h.

Leliwa Leliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. The ...

**********

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1 December 1734 – 19 March 1823) was an influential Polish aristocrat, writer, literary and theater critic, linguist, traveller and statesman. He was a great patron of arts and a candidate for the Polish crow ...

(1734–1823), married Izabela Czartoryska h. Fleming *********** Maria Anna Czartoryska (1768−1854), married Louis, Duke of Württemberg ***********

(1770–1861), married Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha h. Lis ************

Izabella Elżbieta Czartoryska Princess Izabella Elżbieta Czartoryska (19 December 1832 – 18 March 1899) was a Polish noblewoman. On 21 February 1857, Izabella was married to Count Jan Kanty Działyński (1829–1880), son of Tytus Działyński Tytus Adam Działyński ...

(1832–1899), married Count Jan Kanty Działyński h. Ogończyk ************ Witold Czartoryski (1824–1865), married Maria Cycylia Grocholska h. Syrokomla ************

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. Life Son of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and ...

(1828–1894), married María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre and Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of Orléans ************* Beatified August Franciszek Czartoryski (1858–1893) ************* Adam Ludwik Czartoryski (1872–1937), married Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska h. Ślepowron ************** Elżbieta Czartoryska (1905–1989) married Count

Stefan Adam Zamoyski Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski (17 February 1904 – 27 October 1976) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, and magnate. Stefan had a degree of Doctor of Law. He was owner of estates in Wysock. Lt.-Col. Count Stefan Zamoyski served as an aide-de-camp ...

h. Jelita **************

Augustyn Józef Czartoryski Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (10 October 1907 - 1 July 1946) was a Polish noble (szlachcic). He was the son of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski (and grandson of Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of Orléans) and Countess Maria Ludwika Krasiń ...

(1907–1946), married

Princess Maria de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

***************

(b. 1940), married

Nora Picciotto Nora Picciotto, formerly Baroness Nora Bentinck and Nora Czartoryski (born Eleonora PicciottoLitchfield D.R.L., Schmitz C., ''The Thyssen art macabre'', Quartet Books, 2006, p. 304 on 9 September 1942,Lenczewski T., ''Genealogie rodów utytułowa ...

and Josette Calil ****************

(b. 1978) ***********

(1773–1860), married Princess

Aniela Radziwiłł Aniela is a Polish feminine given name, cognate with the Greek-derived name Angela. Anielka is a hypocorism of this name. The name Aniela became popular in the 18th century mainly due to the Ursulines. People with these names include: * Aniela Asz ...

h. Trąby and

Maria Dzierżanowska Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

h. Gozdawa ************ Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski (1828–1912), married Maria Joanna Czermak ************* Witold Leon Czartoryski (1864–1945), married Countess

Jadwiga Dzieduszycka Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka (1867–1941) was a Polish noble lady. Family Jadwiga was married to Prince Witold Leon Czartoryski on 21 February 1889 in Lwów. They had twelve children together: * Maria Anna Czartoryska * Anna Maria Czartoryska ...

h. Sas ************** Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski (1895–1975), married Countess Zofia Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa *************** Professor Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) ************** Beatified Jan Franciszek Czartoryski (1897–1944) ************** Roman Jacek Czartoryski (1898–1958), married Countess Teresa Janina Zamoyska h. Jelita **************

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, during th ...

(1908–1993), married Countess Anna Zamoyska h. Jelita *********** Zofia Czartoryska (1780−1873), married Count

Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski Count Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski of Herb Jelita (13 January 1775 – 2 April 1856) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), politician, landowner, and patron of arts. By birth he was a member of the House of Zamoyski. Biography Stanisław was the ...

h. Jelita ********** Elżbieta Czartoryska (1736–1816), married Stanisław Lubomirski h. Szreniawa ********* Konstancja Czartoryska (1700–1759), married Stanisław Poniatowski h. Ciołek, mother of the last

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16t ...

In Hungary

* Piotr Czartoryski ( wife: Lázár Mária) * Mária Lázár (b. Mária Czartoriska) (1895-1983), actress ( mother: Lázár Mária) * Serbán Ivánné (b. Magdolna Irén Czartoryska (mother: Lázár Mária) * sons of Magdolna Iren Czartoryska * Wachtel Elemér * Wachtel Domonkos * Dr Czartoryski Jenö (mother: Lázár Maria) * sons of Jenö Czartoryski * Adam Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, Sweden * Ivan Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, Sweden, architect

Palaces

file:2008 08050029 - Gołuchów - zespół zamkowy - zamek.JPG, Gołuchów Castle file:Puławy, Pałac Czartoryskich (02).jpg, Czartoryski Palace in

file:Pałac Czartoryskich w Lublinie (2008-11-22).JPG, Czartoryski Palace in

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...

file:Czartoryski Palace, 17-19 świętego Jana street, Old Town, Kraków, Poland.jpg, Czartoryski Museum in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

file:Pałac w Sieniawie.JPG, Czartoryski Palace in Sieniawa file:Pałac w Konarzewie-front.jpg, file:Rokosowo pałac 1847 01.JPG, Palace in Rokosowo file:Palac w Baszkowie.JPG, Palace in Baszków, Łódź Voivodeship file:Pelkinie palac.jpg, Palace in Pełkinie file:Palac oginskich.JPG, Siedlce Palace file:Międzyrzec podlaski pałac czartoryskich.jpg, Palace in

Międzyrzec Podlaski Międzyrzec Podlaski ( la, Meserici, german: Meseritz) is a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, with the population of 17,162 inhabitants . The total area of the city is . Międzyrzec is located near the Krzna river, not ...

file:Warszawa pałac Potockich 2009.jpg, Potocki Palace, Warsaw file:Wawa Blekitny1DSC 0853.JPG, The Blue Palace, Warsaw file:Wilanów Palace.jpg,

Wilanów Palace Wilanów Palace ( pl, Pałac w Wilanowie, ) is a former royal palace located in the Wilanów district of Warsaw, Poland. Wilanów Palace survived Poland's partitions and both World Wars, and so serves as a reminder of the culture of the Polish ...

file:Palac Potockich w Natolinie 01.jpg, Natolin Palace file:Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Kalwarii Zebrzydowskiej.JPG, Former Czartoryski Palace in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (rebuild) File:Pulawy swiatynia sybilli.jpg,

Temple of the Sibyl The Temple of the Sibyl (in Polish, ''Świątynia Sybilli'') is a colonnaded round monopteral temple-like structure at Puławy, Poland, built at the turn of the 19th century as a museum by Izabela Czartoryska. History The "Temple of the Sibyl ...

, 18th century museum in

image:Руїни замку Чорторийських. Чорторийськ. Rujiny zamku Čortoryjśkyx. Čortoryjśk.png, Ruins of the Castle of

Czartorysk Staryi Chortoryisk ( uk, Старий Чорторийськ, translit. ''Staryi Chortoryis'k'', pl, Czartorysk) is a village (''selo'') in north-western Ukraine. It is located on the bank of the Styr River in the Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion of V ...

image:Корецький замок(2009).jpg, Ruins of the Castle of

Korets Korets (, russian: link=no, Корец, , yi, קאריץ ''Koritz'') is a city in Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It is administrative center of Korets Raion. Population: ...

file:Voŭčyn, Čartaryjski. Воўчын, Чартарыйскі (I. Ryškievič, 1898).jpg, Ruins of the Czartoryski Palace in Wołczyn (1898) file:Medzhybizh Castle (Меджибіж).JPG, Castle of

Medzhybizh Medzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1,731, (Census 2001) ( uk, Меджибіж, russian: Меджибож, Translit: ''Medzhibozh'', pl, Międzybóż, german: Medschybisch, yi, מעזשביזש, translit. ''Mezhbizh'') is ...

file:Berezhany zamok.jpg, Ruins of the Castle of

Berezhany Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

file:Клеванський замок.jpg, Ruins of the Castle of Klevan

References

External links

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Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was crea ...

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