Prince Witold Leon Karol Adam Jarosław Jerzy Czartoryski (10 February 1864 – 6 September 1945) was a Polish noble (
szlachcic
The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, a ...
) and landowner. He served as the general commissar of
Galicia and Lodomeria from the end of Russian occupation in 1917 to full incorporation as part of Poland on 1 November 1918. He was a hereditary member of the Austrian House of Lords (
Herrenhaus) from 1908 and an elected
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...
of the
Polish Republic (1922–28)
Witold became owner of
Pełkinie,
Wiązownica,
Konarzewo, Byliny estates in Poland and Weinhaus in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
.
Witold was a well-known horse racing enthusiast. He set up a hot bloods stud in
Pełkinie, which bred the Arabian horses Czubuthan, Babolna, Ba-Ida, Kasmira and Aeniza.
Family
He was married to Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka hr.
Sas daughter of Count
Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki, married on 21 February 1889 in
Lwów
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
. They had twelve children together, including:
* Maria Anna Czartoryska
*
Anna Maria Czartoryska
*
Kazimierz Jerzy Czartoryski
*
Jerzy Piotr Czartoryski
*
Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
*
Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
*
Roman Jacek Czartoryski
*
Stanisław Ignacy Czartoryski
*
Elżbieta Czartoryska
*
Adam Michał Czartoryski
*
Witold Tadeusz Czartoryski
*
Piotr Michał Czartoryski
Prince Piotr Michał Czartoryski (1 September 1909 – 17 December 1993) was a Polish noble (szlachcic).
Piotr became Master Engineer, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Jagiellonian University and was Capitan (reserve) of the Armia Krajowa
The ...
References
Bibliography
*
Wincenty Witos
Wincenty Witos (; 21 or 22 January 1874 – 31 October 1945) was a Polish statesman, prominent member and leader of the Polish People's Party (PSL), who served three times as the Prime Minister of Poland in the 1920s.
He was a member of the Pol ...
, ''Dzieła Wybrane'', tom I: ''Moje wspomnienia'', cz. I, Wyd. LSW, Warszawa 1988.
* Zygmunt Kaczmarek, ''Marszałkowie Senatu II Rzeczypospolitej'', Wydawnictwo Sejmowe 1992.
*
Stanisław Grodziski, ''Sejm Krajowy galicyjski 1861–1914'', Wydawnictwo Sejmowe Warszawa 1993.
* "Kto był kim w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej", red. nauk. prof. Jacek M. Majchrowski przy współpracy Grzegorza Mazura i Kamila Stepana, Polska Oficyna Wydawnucza "BGW", Warszawa 1994.
* Michał Czajka, Marcin Kamler, Witold Sienkiewicz, ''Leksykon Historii Polski'', Wyd. Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1995.
* Tomasz Lenczewski, ''Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce'', Warszawa 1995- 1996.
*
Józef Buszko, ''Polacy w parlamencie wiedeńskim 1848–1918'', Warszawa 1996.
Witold Leon
Polish Austro-Hungarians
1864 births
1945 deaths
Members of Akcja Katolicka
{{Austria-hist-stub