Maria Ludwika Krasińska

Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 - 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress, landowner and a significant art collector.

Biography

Born into an old and influential House of Krasiński, Maria was the only child of Count Count Ludwik Krasinski (1833-1895) and his wife, Magdalena Zawisza-Kierzgaillo (1861-1935). Her art collection was the origin of the Krasinski Museum.

Marriage and issue

On August 31, 1901 in Warsaw, she was married to Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski, eldest son of Prince Władysław Czartoryski by his second wife, Princess Marguerite of Orléans. They had tree sons and four daughters:

• Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska (1902-1929), married Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; had issue
• Princess Elżbieta Czartoryska (1905-1989), married Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski; had issue
• Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907-1946), married Princess María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; had issue
• Princess Yolanda Czartoryska (1914-1987), married Prince Wladyslaw Radziwill (1909-1978); had issue
• Prince Władysław Czartoryski (1918–1978), married Elizabeth York (1925-1983); didn't have issue
• Princess Teresa Czartoryska (1923-1976), married Jan Groda-Kowalski (b. 1917); had issue
• Prince Ludwik Czartoryski (1927-1944), died in Warsaw during a battle in WWII

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