Wanda Piłsudska (7 February 1918 – 16 January 2001) was a daughter of

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

, and a

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

by profession.

Life

Wanda Piłsudska, of the

Piłsudski coat of arms Piłsudski is a Polish heraldry, Polish coat of arms. The Piłsudski family, whom belonged to the Szlachta, Polish nobility (szlachta), used it. History Blazon The Coat of arms of Piłsudski is a variation of the Coat of arms of Kościesz ...

, was the elder daughter of

and Aleksandra Szczerbińska. She spent her youth mainly in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, living with her family at the Belweder Palace, and in

Sulejówek Sulejówek is a town in Poland, about east of Warsaw city centre and part of its metropolitan area. It is located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Mińsk County. Its population numbers 19323 (2011). The town is well known in Poland as the place wher ...

at the cottage of ''Milusin'', which Piłsudski had received as a gift from his soldiers. In September 1939, together with her mother and younger sister

Jadwiga Piłsudska Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska (; 28 February 1920 – 16 November 2014) was a Polish aviator, pilot who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She was one of two daughters of Józef Piłsudski. Life and career Jad ...

, Wanda was evacuated by special aeroplane via

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to the

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. She studied

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, then practiced

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

at a

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outside

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. She also worked with the Józef Piłsudski Institute in London. In the autumn of 1990, Wanda returned for good to Poland. In November 2000 she regained the family cottage in Sulejówek, where she planned to create a museum dedicated to her father. Wanda Piłsudska died on 16 January 2001 in

after a protracted illness. She willed her entire estate for the establishment of a museum honouring Józef Piłsudski.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilsudska, Wanda 1918 births 2001 deaths Physicians from Warsaw Józef Piłsudski Polish women psychiatrists Polish psychiatrists 20th-century Polish women physicians Women physicians Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Children of prime ministers of Poland

Life

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