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Czapski
Czapski (feminine: Czapska) is a Polish surname. It belongs to Polish noble (also Hutten-Czapski) of Leliwa coat of arms heraldic clan. The surname may refer to: * Jan Chryzostom Czapski (1656 – 1716), Polish statesman * Alexandrine von Hutten-Czapska (1854 –1941), Polish novelist * Józef Czapski (1896 – 1993) Polish artist, author, critic, and an officer of the Polish Army * Ceclava Czapska (1899–1970), impostor of Grand Duchess Maria Romanov * Maria Czapska (1894–1981), Polish writer and historian * Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski (1897–1979), politician, military officer, diplomat and Bailiff of the Polish Sovereign Military Order of Malta * Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860–1904), Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901 * Bogdan Hutten-Czapski (1851–1937), politician, curator of the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czapski Family
The Hutten-Czapski family (feminine: Hutten-Czapska), or simply Czapscy, or Czapski, is an old Szlachta, Polish aristocratic family originating in Pomerania. Some branches were given the title of Count. Members of the family have contributed to Poland's political, cultural and military history. Some members of the family were first recorded serving as Prussian Baltic knights, their allegiance was to Poland. Origin and history It is not entirely clear when and where the Czapski name had its beginnings. One version is that they are related to the old Prussian von Hutten family who appeared in the year 930. A Dietrich von Hutten, along with other nobles, was summoned in 1112 by Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Lesser Poland, to help fight against the pagan Prussians. Dietrich distinguished himself in battle in 1113, and Bolesław promoted him to knight, giving him a coat of arms and the village of Leliwa. Descendants of Dietrich von Hutten later adopted the Germanic languages, Teut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Czapski
Józef Czapski (3 April 1896 – 12 January 1993) was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish Army. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the '' Kapist'' movement, which was heavily influenced by Cézanne. Following the Polish Defensive War, he was made a prisoner of war by the Soviets and was among the very few officers to survive the Katyn massacre of 1940. Following the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement, he was an official envoy of the Polish government searching for the missing Polish officers in Russia. After World War II, he remained in exile in the Paris suburb of Maisons-Laffitte, where he was among the founders of ''Kultura'' monthly, one of the most influential Polish cultural journals of the 20th century. Life Early life Józef Marian Franciszek hrabia Hutten-Czapski of Leliwa, as was his full name, was born on 3 April 1896 in Prague, to an aristocratic family. His father was landowner and conservative politician , mother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski
Emeryk August, Count Hutten-Czapski (born 21 August 1897 in Stankow, Minsk Governorate, died 31 January 1979 in Rome, Italy), was a Polish aristocrat, politician, military officer, diplomat and Bailiff of the Polish Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski, descended from a long line of nobles who contributed much to Poland's political and cultural life. His father was Count Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860–1904), President of Minsk, and his mother was Maria Leontyna Pusłowska (1870–1965). His grandfather was Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, renowned collector and numismatist, founder of The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum in Kraków. Emeryk was adopted by a second cousin twice removed, Count Bogdan Hutten-Czapski, who had no issue, was very wealthy, and was a prominent and controversial figure in Polish politics. Józef Czapski, the painter, and Maria Czapska, the writer, were his first cousins. Emeryk had two sisters: Elżbieta (1895–1930) married to Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeryk Hutten-Czapski
Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (), Leliwa coat of arms (17 October 1828 – 23 July 1896) was a Polish Count, scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist. Hutten-Czapski was born Emeryk Zachariasz Mikołaj Hutten-Czapski in the town of Stańkava () near Minsk (today Belarus, then in Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire, formerly the Lithuanian part of the partitioned Poland). His parents were Count Karol Hutten-Czapski (1777-1836) and Fabianna Obuchowicz h. Jasieńczyk (1775-1836). He was the grandson of Franciszek Stanisław Kostka Hutten-Czapski (1725-1802), the last voivode of Chełmno during the First Republic, who inherited parts of the Radziwiłł property in Belarus (including Stańkava) and in Volhynia and moved there from the former Royal Prussia. Career Thanks to his aristocratic background, Emeryk Czapski spoke several languages including Polish, French, German and Russian, and knew Greek and Latin. After studying in St. Petersburg Czapski entered the Russian civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszek Stanisław Hutten-Czapski
Franciszek Stanislaw Kostka Hutten-Czapski, Leliwa coat of arms (b. 1725, d. 9 April 1802 in Warsaw) - Count, Polish Senator, the last Governor of Chelmno (25 June 1766 – 9 April 1802), Member of the Bar Confederation. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)(1762). An exhibition at the Royal Castle, Warsaw between November 9, 2005 and January 31, 2006, exhibited what was purported to be Franciszeks Order of the White Eagle, donated to the National Museum, Kraków by Emeryk Hutten-Czapski. Son of Ignatius Czapski (1700–1746) (Governor of Gdańsk) and Teofila Konopacka (1680–1733) and heir to the family estate in Rynkówka. Governor of Chelmno Franciszek Stanislaw Kostka Hutten-Czapski was originally from Royal Prussia, (a part of Poland until its partition in 1772). In those days “The Czapskis were looked on as the first patrician family of Pomerania,” wrote Józef Wybicki, friend and co-senator of Czapski. "They did not reign over us as did the Radziwiłłs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Hutten-Czapski
Bogdan Franciszek Serwacy Hutten-Czapski (Referred to in German contexts as Bogdan Graf von Hutten Czapski) h. Leliwa (b 13 May 1851 in Smogulec, d. 7 September 1937 in Poznań) was a Polish Count, politician, curator of the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw University of Technology, President of the Association of Polish Knights of Malta. Bogdan was the grandson of two Polish generals – Józef Grzegorz Longin Hutten-Czapski (1760–1810) and Stanisław Kostka Mielżyński (1778–1826), associate of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and servant of the Kingdom of Prussia until the end of WWI. Early life Bogdan Czapski was the only son of Józef Napoleon Czapski (1797–1852) and Countess Eleonora (Laura) Miełżyński, Mielzynska (1815–1875). Józef Napoleon Czapski was a colorful character, described by the historian Charles Forbes René de Montalembert as a "célèbre révolutionnaire". As a Lieutenant of the Polish army during the November Uprising, he was awarded for bravery, the Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Hutten-Czapski
Count Karol Jan Alexander Hutten-Czapski (15 August 1860 – 30 January 1904) was a Polish philanthropist. He was Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901. Family Karol Czapski came from an important aristocratic Polish family. He was the eldest son of Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, a well-known collector and numismatist, and Baroness Elizabeth Meyendorff. He was the great-grandson of Franciszek Stanisław Hutten-Czapski, the last governor of Chełmno during the First Republic, who inherited parts of the Radziwiłł property in Belarus and in Volhynia and moved there from the former Royal Prussia. Karol's mother was the daughter of Baron Georges Conrad Walter von Meyendorff (1795-1863) and Countess Sophie Stackelberg (1806-1891). Her father, at the service of Tsar Alexander I, participated in the Napoleonic war as a Colonel, and as a diplomat and explorer, travelling extensively to Central Asia, publishing a book: "Voyage d’Orenbourg à Boukhara fait en 1820". Paris, 1826. Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum
The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum (), also known as the Czapski Museum () is a branch of the National Museum of Kraków, 12 Pilsudski Street, Kraków. Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (born 17 October 1828 in Stankow near Minsk, died 23 July 1896 in Kraków) was a Vice-Governor of St Petersburg and an important collector of books, prints, and numismatics. He built his collection at his family estate in Stankow, today in Belarus. Fearing for the safety of the collection, being close to Russia, he moved the collection to Cracow. In 1894, he purchased a 19th-century palace, on what is today 12 Pilsudski Street, and built an addition to house his collection. He personally catalogued the collection. He died in 1896, before the addition was finished. His wife, Baroness Elzbieta Meyendorff, completed the construction of the addition, and in 1904, as per her husband's request, donated the collection to the city of Cracow. The museum displays the Czapski crest on the outside, along with the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutten-Czapski
Hutten-Czapski (feminine: Hutten-Czapska) is a Polish noble surname. It belongs to Polish noble . Members of the family held the hereditary title of Count and used Leliwa coat of arms as their heraldic clan. Notable members *Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), Polish nobleman, Count, scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist *Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski (1897–1979), Polish Count, politician, military officer, diplomat and Bailiff of the Polish Sovereign Military Order of Malta *Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860–1904), Polish philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk * Stanisław Hutten-Czapski (1779–1844), Polish Count and Colonel in the Napoleonic wars * Alexandrine von Hutten-Czapska (1854-1941), morganatic second wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, son-in-law of Queen Victoria * Maria Czapska (1894–1981), Polish author, essayist, historian, actually countess Hutten-Czapska *Józef Czapski (1896–1993) Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leliwa Coat Of Arms
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. There are several forms of the arms, all of which bear the name, Leliwa, but which may be distinguished as variations of the same arms by the addition of a Roman numeral. In 19th century during a pan South-Slavic Illyrian movement heraldic term Leliwa () also entered Croatian heraldry as a name for the coat of arms considered to be the oldest known symbol; Bleu celeste, a mullet of six points Or surmounted above a crescent Argent – A golden six-pointed star (representing the morning star) over a silver crescent moon on a blue shield, but also as a name for all other coats of arms that have a crescent and a mullet. Blazon Original coat of arms of Leliwa, otherwise referred to as Leliwa I include Azure Shield (in Polish heraldry, this tinctu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Chryzostom Czapski
Jan Chryzostom Czapski, coat of arms Leliwa, (born 1656, died 18 May 1716) was the Chamberlain of Malbork, Castellan of Kruszwica and later the Castellan of Elbląg. Governorship Czapski was appointed as Castellan of Kruszwica by the King of Poland, John III Sobieski in 1693. In 1699 he was appointed Castellan of Elbląg by Augustus II the Strong, the Imperial Vicar and elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania and served from 1703 to 1716. He was in charge of two hospitals, and was commander of the royal infantry at his own expense. He was elected Marshall of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, and was remembered as a "memorable senator and respected by everyone". Czapski participated in the Battle of Vienna. Family Czapski was the son of Franciszek Miroslaw Czapski, chamberlain of Malbork County and Castellan of Gdańsk, and Zofia von Holt Guldenback. His brother Piotr Alexander was Castellan of Pomerania and Chelmno, and his brother Thomas Francis was Bishop Of Chelmno. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Czapska
Maria Dorota Leopoldyna Czapska (6 February 1894 – 11 June 1981) was a Polish writer, essayist and historian. She was born in Prague to Count Jerzy Hutten-Czapski (1861–1930), and Jozefina Thun-Hohenstein (1867–1903), and grew up in Przyłuki, the family estate near Minsk. Her younger brother was Józef Czapski, and her relatives included Counts Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski, and Karol Hutten-Czapski. Czapska studied in Kraków from 1921 to 1925, and moved to Paris afterwards, spending the next five years there writing a biography of Adam Mickiewicz. The biography, ''La vie de Mickiewicz'', published in 1931, was used for a time as a source in establishing Mickiewicz's ethnicity and origin, which remains under speculation. In 1938 she published her second work, ''Ludwika Śniadecka'', and received the literary prize "Wiadomości Literackich" for her efforts the following year. During World War II, Czapska lived in Poland, and during this time was a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
