Witold Leon Czartoryski
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Witold Leon Czartoryski
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Noble Family
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...

Czartoryski
Czartoryski
Czartoryski is the surname of a Polish-Ukrainian-Lithuanian magnate family also known as the Familia. They used the Czartoryski Coat of arms and were the leading noble family of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century.-History:The Czartoryski is a family of a Grand Ducal...

Coat of Arms
Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...

Czartoryski
Parents Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski
Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski
Prince Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski was a Polish noble .Jerzy was married to Marie Čermáková, married on May 2, 1861 in Vienna; his brother-in-law was the painter Jaroslav Čermák....


Maria Joanna Czermak
Consorts Jadwiga Dzieduszycka
Jadwiga Dzieduszycka
Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka was a Polish noble lady.Jadwiga was married to Witold Leon Czartoryski, married on February 21, 1889 in Lwów....

Children with Jadwiga Dzieduszycka
Jadwiga Dzieduszycka
Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka was a Polish noble lady.Jadwiga was married to Witold Leon Czartoryski, married on February 21, 1889 in Lwów....


Maria Anna Czartoryska
Anna Maria Czartoryska
Kazimierz Jerzy Czartoryski
Jerzy Piotr Czartoryski
Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
Wlodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
Prince Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski was a Polish noble . He was the last owner of the Pelkinie, Wiazownica and Byliny land estates and the Szowsko industrial estate, before these were confiscated by the communist decree of Nationalization on 3 January 1946.Prince Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski...


Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał was a Polish noble, Dominican.Jan was activist of the young organisation "Odrodzenie" in Lwów...


Roman Jacek Czartoryski
Roman Jacek Czartoryski
Prince Roman Jacek Czartoryski was a Polish noble .Roman was owner of Konarzewo estate. He entered the Polish Army and fought in rank of a Capitan in the Polish-Bolshevik War and in the Invasion of Poland...


Stanisław Ignacy Czartoryski
Elżbieta Czartoryska
Adam Michał Czartoryski
Adam Michal Czartoryski
Prince Adam Michał Czartoryski was a Polish noble of the Czartoryski magnate.Adam became a Master Engineer, forester and Doctor of Biology. He entered the Polish Army and was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Invasion of Poland, later becoming a member of the Armia Krajowa...


Witold Tadeusz Czartoryski
Piotr Michał Czartoryski
Piotr Michal Czartoryski
Prince Piotr Michał Czartoryski was a Polish noble .Piotr became Master Engineer, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Jagiellonian University and was Capitan of the Armia Krajowa, during the Second World War....

Date of Birth February 10, 1864
Place of Birth Weinhaus, near Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

Date of Death September 6, 1945
Place of Death Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalanski
Maków Podhalański is a town in southern Poland. Population: 5,738 .Since 1999 situated in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship.-External links:*...

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Prince Witold Leon Karol Adam Jarosław Jerzy Czartoryski (1864-1945) was a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 noble (Ksiaze, Szlachcic) and landowner. He served as the general commissar of Galicia and Lodomeria from the end of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n 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
Herrenhaus
The German term Herrenhaus is equivalent to the English House of Lords and describes roughly similar institutions as the English House of Lords in German-speaking countries.More specifically, Herrenhaus, can refer to either of the following:...

) from 1908 and an elected Senator of the Polish Republic (1922-1928)

Witold became owner of Pełkinie
Pelkinie
Pełkinie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarosław, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Jarosław and east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Wiązownica, Konarzewo
Konarzewo
Konarzewo may refer to the following places:*Konarzewo, Poznań County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Konarzewo, Rawicz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...

, Byliny estates in Poland and Weinhaus in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

.

Witold was a well known horse racing enthusiast. He set up a world renowned hot bloods stud in Pełkinie
Pelkinie
Pełkinie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarosław, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Jarosław and east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, which bred the remarkable Arabian horses Czubuthan, Babolna, Ba-Ida, Kasmira and Aeniza.

He was married to Jadwiga Dzieduszycka, married on February 21, 1889 in Lwów.
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