Zofia Czartoryska
Zofia Czartoryska | |
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 Portrait of Zofia Czartoryska, Robert Lefèvre, 1802-1803 | |
| Born | 15 September 1778 Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 27 February 1837 (aged 58) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Noble family | Czartoryski |
| Spouse(s) | Count Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski |
| Issue | Konstanty Zamoyski Andrzej Artur Zamoyski Jan Zamoyski Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski Celina Gryzelda Zamoyska Jadwiga Klementyna Zamoyska Zdzisław Zamoyski Eliza Elżbieta Zamoyska |
| Father | Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski |
| Mother | Countess Izabela Czartoryska nee Fleming |
Princess Zofia Czartoryska (15 September 1778 – 27 February 1837) was a Polish noblewoman.
Life
[edit]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]
Gallery
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Portrait, author and date unknown -
Zofia Czartoryska as Psyche, Wincenty de Lesseur, 1797 -
Miniature portrait by Waleria Tarnowska, 1803, National Museum, Warsaw -
Portrait by John Samuel Agar, 1804 -
Eye of Zofia Czartoryska, author and date unknown
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