Princess Konstancja Sanguszko (1716–1791), was a Polish magnate. She was the daughter of Count Stanislas Ernst von Dönhoff and Countess Maria Katharina Johanna von

Dönhoff The House of Dönhoff (Polish: Denhoff, sometimes also Doenhoff) was an old and influential German noble family, which later also became part of the Polish nobility. History It was first mentioned in 1282, in the County of Mark in Westph ...

(1686-1723). Konstancja was married to Prince Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko in 1731. She lived separated from her spouse, who was homosexual and abandoned her shortly after the wedding. She lived in Gdansk, and played a political role during the

Bar Confederation The Bar Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja barska; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles ( szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia (now part of Ukraine) in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polis ...

(1768–1772), when she contributed to the formation of the Confederation. In 1780, she remarried Józef Rogaliński, who abandoned her, wasted her fortune and left her to die in poverty. She was involved in long lawsuits with both of her husbands which attracted great attention.

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* Maria Czeppe i Roman Marcinek Konstancja Kolumba Sanguszkowa w Polski Słownik Biograficzny tom XXXIV wyd. 1992-1993 s.523 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanguszko, Konstancja 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian politicians 18th-century Polish women 1716 births 1791 deaths Konstancja Bar confederates 18th-century women politicians 18th-century Polish nobility