| Edward Aleksander Raczyński | |
| House-Type: | Szlachta |
| Noble Family: | Raczyński |
| Coa: | Nałęcz |
| Father: | Roger Maurycy Raczyński |
| Mother: | Maria Ernesta Gotschall |
| Spouse-Type: | Consorts |
| Issue: | with Maria Beatrix Krasińska Karol Roger Raczynski with Róża Potocka Roger Adam Raczyński Edward Bernard Raczyński |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Dresden |
| Death Place: | Kraków |
| Count | |
| Full Name: | Edward Aleksander Raczyński |
Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847–1926) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, patron of the arts, and founder of the Raczyński Art Gallery in Rogalin.[1]
Raczyński was an adventurer and world traveller. After the death of his father in 1864, at the age of 17 he escaped to Turkey for a few months with a friend, Roger Ziolecki, after his guardians attempted to send him to Wroclaw; he was later badly wounded in the 1867 Battle of Mentana, then in 1869 went to Chile, then back to France in 1870 to take part in a war, and in 1874 settled in Kraków at the residence of his aunt countess Katarzyna Potocka.[1]
He became a star of the local society, and was featured in Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald (painting) in the lower right-hand section, as the young bearded man with the white bandage on his head wound.[1]