Union of National Unity
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Związek Jedności Narodowej (English: Union/Association of National Unity) was a secret organization formed by followers of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming....

. A liberal-aristocratic fraction of the Polish Great Emigration
Great Emigration
The Great Emigration was an emigration of political elites from Poland from 1831–1870. Since the end of the 18th century, a major role in Polish political life was played by people who carried out their activities outside the country as émigrés...

, come into being on January 21, 1833.

The association directed in emigration science, literature, pedagogic and charity organisations in partitioned Poland
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...

. In 1837 the association was transformed into the "Revolutionary-Monarchical Society".

Main activist:
  • Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (leader)
  • Stanisław Barzykowski
  • Henryk Dembiński
    Henryk Dembinski
    Henryk Dembiński was a Polish engineer, traveler and general.Dembiński was born in Strzałków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 1809 he entered the Polish army of the Duchy of Warsaw and took part in most of the Napoleonic campaigns in the East. Among others, he took part in the Battle of Leipzig in...

  • Karol Kniaziewicz
    Karol Kniaziewicz
    Baron Karol Otto Kniaziewicz was a Polish general and political activist....

  • Narcyz Olizar
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