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| Alternative Names: | Pogoń I odm. Czartoryski |
| Families: | Czartoryski, Sanguszko[1] |
| Cities: | Puławy |
| Divisions Type: | Divisions |
| Divisions: | Puławy County |
The Czartoryski coat of arms is a Polish–Lithuanian coat of arms, a variant of the Pogoń Litewska arms. It has been used by the Gediminid Czartoryski family.
The Czartoryski family is of Lithuanian descent from Ruthenia. Their ancestor, a grandson of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, became known with his baptismal name Constantine (c. 1330−1390) - he became a Prince of Chortoryisk in Volhynia. One of his sons, Vasyli Chortoryiski (Ukrainian: Чарторийський; c. 1375–1416), was granted an estate in Volhynia in 1393, and his three sons John, Alexander and Michael (c. 1400–1489) are considered the progenitors of the family. The founding members were culturally Ruthenian and Eastern Orthodox; they converted to Roman Catholicism and were Polonized during the 16th century.
Michael's descendant Prince Kazimierz Czartoryski (1674–1741), Duke of Klewan and Zukow (Klevan and Zhukiv), Castellan of Vilnius, reawakened Czartoryski royal ambitions at the end of the 17th century. He married Isabella Morsztyn, daughter of the Grand Treasurer of Poland, and built "The Familia" with their four children, Michał, August, Teodor and Konstancja. The family became known and powerful under the lead of brothers Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski and August Aleksander Czartoryski in the late Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of the 18th century, during the reigns Augustus II the Strong (King of Poland, 1697–1706 and 1709–1733) and Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland 1704–1709 and 1733–1736). The Czartoryski had risen to power under August Aleksander Czartoryski (1697–1782) of the Klewa line, who married Zofia Denhoffowa, the only heir to the Sieniawski family.
The family attained the height of its influence from the mid-18th century in the court of King Augustus III (r. 1734–1763). The Czartoryski brothers gained a very powerful ally in their brother-in-law, Stanisław Poniatowski, whose son became the last king of the independent Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanisław August Poniatowski (r. 1764–1795).
The Czartoryski's Familia saw the decline of the Commonwealth and the rise of anarchy and joined the camp which was determined to press ahead with reforms; thus they sought the enactment of such constitutional reforms as the abolition of the liberum veto.
Although the Russian Empire confiscated the family estate at Puławy in 1794, during the third partition of Poland, the Familia continued to wield significant cultural and political influence for decades after, notably through the princes Adam Kazimierz (1734–1823), Adam Jerzy (1770–1861) and Konstanty Adam (1777–1866).
The Czartoryski family is renowned for the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków and the Hôtel Lambert in Paris.
Today, the only descendants of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski are Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski (1940-) and his daughter Tamara Czartoryska (1978-), who live in the United Kingdom. The descendants of Prince Konstanty Adam Czartoryski live to this day in Poland and have their representatives in the Confederation of the Polish Nobility.
Coat of arms and mottoThe Czartoryski family used the Czartoryski coat of arms and the motto Bądź co bądź ("Come what may", literally 'let be, that which will be'). The family's arms were a modification of the Pogoń Litewska arms.
Czartoryski coat of arms used in 1785Czartoryski coat of arms used in 1785
Notable membersAdam Jerzy Czartoryski; portrait by Józef OleszkiewiczAdam Jerzy Czartoryski; portrait by Józef OleszkiewiczNotable members include:
In PolandWasyl Czartoryski (died after 1416), married HannaMichał Czartoryski (died before 1486), married Maria NiemirTeodor Czartoryski (died 1542), married Princes Zofia Sanguszko h. Pogoń LitewskaIwan Czartoryski (died 1566), married Princess Anna Zasławska h. KorybutJerzy Czartoryski (1550−1626), married Princess Aleksandra Wiśniowiecka h. Korybut, Halszka Hołowińska h. Hołowiński and Princess Zofia Lubomirska h. SzreniawaMichał Jerzy Czartoryski (1585−1661), married Princess Izabella Korecka h. Pogoń LitewskaMichał Jerzy Czartoryski (1621−1692), married Rosine Margarethe von Eckenberg, Eufrozyna Stanisławska h. Szeliga and Joanna Weronika Olędzka h. RawaKazimierz Czartoryski (1674−1741), married Countess Izabela Elżbieta Morsztyn h. LeliwaMichał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775), married Countess Elenora Monika WaldsteinAugust Aleksander Czartoryski (1697−1782) married Countess Maria Zofia Sieniawska h. LeliwaAdam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734–1823), married Izabela Czartoryska h. FlemingMaria Anna Czartoryska (1768−1854), married Louis, Duke of WürttembergAdam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861), married Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha h. LisIzabella Elżbieta Czartoryska (1832–1899), married Count Jan Kanty Działyński h. OgończykWitold Czartoryski (1824–1865), married Maria Cycylia Grocholska h. SyrokomlaWładysław Czartoryski (1828–1894), married María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre and Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of OrléansBeatified August Franciszek Czartoryski (1858–1893)Adam Ludwik Czartoryski (1872–1937), married Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska h. ŚlepowronElżbieta Czartoryska (1905–1989) married Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski h. JelitaAugustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946), married Princess Maria de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two SiciliesAdam Karol Czartoryski (b. 1940), married Nora Picciotto and Josette CalilTamara Czartoryska (b. 1978)Konstanty Adam Czartoryski (1773–1860), married Princess Aniela Radziwiłł h. Trąby and Maria Dzierżanowska h. GozdawaJerzy Konstanty Czartoryski (1828–1912), married Maria Joanna CzermakWitold Leon Czartoryski (1864–1945), married Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka h. SasWłodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski (1895–1975), married Countess Zofia Tyszkiewicz h. LeliwaProfessor Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999)Beatified Jan Franciszek Czartoryski (1897–1944)Roman Jacek Czartoryski (1898–1958), married Countess Teresa Janina Zamoyska h. JelitaPiotr Michał Czartoryski (1908–1993), married Countess Anna Zamoyska h. JelitaZofia Czartoryska (1780−1873), married Count Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski h. JelitaElżbieta Czartoryska (1736–1816), married Stanisław Lubomirski h. SzreniawaKonstancja Czartoryska (1700–1759), married Stanisław Poniatowski h. Ciołek, mother of the last King of Poland Stanisław August PoniatowskiIn HungaryPiotr Czartoryski (wife: Lázár Mária)Mária Lázár (b. Mária Czartoriska) (1895–1983), actress (mother: Lázár Mária)Serbán Ivánné (b. Magdolna Irén Czartoryska (mother: Lázár Mária)sons of Magdolna Iren CzartoryskaWachtel ElemérWachtel DomonkosDr Czartoryski Jenö (mother: Lázár Maria)sons of Jenö CzartoryskiAdam Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, SwedenIvan Czartoryski born Budapest, Uppsala, Sweden, architectPalacesGołuchów CastleGołuchów CastleCzartoryski Palace in PuławyCzartoryski Palace in PuławyCzartoryski Palace in LublinCzartoryski Palace in LublinCzartoryski Museum in KrakówCzartoryski Museum in KrakówCzartoryski Palace in SieniawaCzartoryski Palace in SieniawaKonarzew Palace [pl]Konarzew Palace [pl]Palace in RokosowoPalace in RokosowoPalace in Baszków, Łódź VoivodeshipPalace in Baszków, Łódź VoivodeshipPalace in PełkiniePalace in PełkinieSiedlce PalaceSiedlce PalacePalace in Międzyrzec PodlaskiPalace in Międzyrzec PodlaskiPotocki Palace, WarsawPotocki Palace, WarsawThe Blue Palace, WarsawThe Blue Palace, WarsawWilanów PalaceWilanów PalaceNatolin PalaceNatolin PalaceFormer Czartoryski Palace in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (rebuild)Former Czartoryski Palace in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (rebuild)Temple of the Sibyl, 18th century museum in PuławyTemple of the Sibyl, 18th century museum in PuławyRuins of the Castle of CzartoryskRuins of the Castle of CzartoryskRuins of the Castle of KoretsRuins of the Castle of KoretsRuins of the Czartoryski Palace in Wołczyn (1898)Ruins of the Czartoryski Palace in Wołczyn (1898)Castle of MedzhybizhCastle of MedzhybizhRuins of the Castle of BerezhanyRuins of the Castle of BerezhanyRuins of the Castle of KlevanRuins of the Castle of Klevan
There arms are a modified version of Pogoń Litewska, with three towers added at the lower part and the rest remaining identical.
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: