Countess Róża Potocka (1849–1937) was a Polish
noblewoman
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, landowner and by birth member of the illustrious
House of Potocki
The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent szlachta, Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Po ...
.
Early life
She was born in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
as the eldest child and the eldest daughter of Count
Adam Józef Potocki and his wife, Countess
Katarzyna Branicka.
Biography
She was married twice, first to
Count Władysław Krasiński (1844–1873) since 20 June 1868 (
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 ...
) and then to
Count
Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847–1926), since 2 October 1886 (
Zakopane
Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...
).
She had three children with
Krasiński
Krasiński (sometimes spelled Krasinsky, if originally transliterated from Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian) is a surname of Polish, or generally Slavic, origin.
In its feminine version, the Polish surname becomes Krasińska, and the Russian or Be ...
:
* Count Adam Krasiński (1870-1909), married to Countess Wanda Maria Emilia
Badeni (1874-1950)
* Countess Elżbieta Maria Krasińska (1871-1906), married to Count Jan
Tyszkiewicz (1861-1903)
* Countess Zofia Krasińska (1873-1891), unmarried
She also had two children with
Raczyński:
* Count Roger Adam Raczyński (1889-1945), married to Helena
Rohozińska (1892-1966)
*
Count Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891-1993), married firstly to Joyous Markham (1902-1931), married secondly to Cecylia Maria
Jaroszyńska z Jaroszynki (1906-1962), married thirdly to Aniela Maria Lilpop (1910-1998)
Death
Countess Róża died 21 Aug 1937 in
Powiat poznański, aged 88. Her body was buried in the Church of Sts. Marcelina in
Rogalin,
Wielkopolskie
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic region, except for some we ...
,
Poland
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.
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Sources
* Andrzej Władysław Korusiewicz: ''Panowie na Krzeszowicach'' p. 135. wyd. Towarzystwo Słowaków w Polsce; .
* „Sławne Polki”, wyd. PODSIEDLIK-RANIOWSKI I SPÓŁKA.
External links
1849 births
1937 deaths
Roza Potocka (1849-1937)
People from Austria-Hungary
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