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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] |
