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Zofia Czartoryska

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Zofia Czartoryska
Portrait of Zofia Czartoryska, Robert Lefèvre, 1802-1803
Born(1778-09-15)15 September 1778
Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died27 February 1837(1837-02-27) (aged 58)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Noble familyCzartoryski
Spouse(s)Count Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski
IssueKonstanty Zamoyski
Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
Jan Zamoyski
Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski
Celina Gryzelda Zamoyska
Jadwiga Klementyna Zamoyska
Zdzisław Zamoyski
Eliza Elżbieta Zamoyska
FatherPrince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
MotherCountess Izabela Czartoryska nee Fleming

Princess Zofia Czartoryska (15 September 1778 – 27 February 1837) was a Polish noblewoman.

Life

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Zofia Czartoryska was born on 15 September, 1778, in Warsaw.[1][2] She was the fifth child of Countess Izabela Czartoryska née Fleming and her husband Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, though her father may actually have been Count Franciszek Ksawery Branicki.[1] She ran a salon in Warsaw for Enlightenment era reform leaders of Poland-Lithuania.

Czartoryska was regarded by her contemporaries as a great beauty and sat for numerous portraits.[1] She married Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski on 20 May 1798, in Puławy.[1][2] She is nicknamed "the mother of the Zamyoski house", as she gave birth to ten children: Konstanty (born in 1799), Andrzej Artur (1800), Jan (1802), Władysław (1803), Celina (1804), Jadwiga (1806), Zdzisław (1810), August (1811), Eliza (1818) and Stanisław (1820).[1]

Czartoryska engaged in charity work and founded a charity organisation in Warsaw called Warszawskie Towarzystwo Dobroczynności. Eight-years-old Frédéric Chopin gave concerts to support the association.[1] She was a recipient of the Order of the Starry Cross.[2]

Czartoryska wrote and published a handbook Rady dla córki ("advice for a daughter") for her daughter Jadwiga, who then went on to marry Leon Sapieha. The book covered such topics as what it means to be a pious woman and a good wife. The latest edition of the book was published in 2002.[1]

To alleviate her ill health, Czartoryska travelled abroad.[1] She died on 27 February, 1837, in Florence.[1][2], of tuberculosis. She was buried at Santa Croce, her funerary monument was created by sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Januszek-Surdacka, Monika. "Zofia z Czartoryskich Zamoyska". Muzeum Zamoyskich w Kozłówce. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c d "Master". www.chimtic.net. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15.