| Krasiński | |
| Region: | Poland |
| Origin: | Krasne, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland |
The House of Krasiński (plural: Krasińscy) is the name of an old Polish noble family. Krasińska is the feminine form of addressing a member of the family. The name derives from the village of Krasne in Masovia.[1] The family dates from the 14th century. Its members were landowners and politically active in Masovia, Lithuania and Galicia. The Krasiński family has produced officers, politicians (including voivodes of Poland, members of the Senate of Poland), and bishops. One of the most renowned members of the Krasiński family is the 19th-century poet, Zygmunt Krasiński, one of Poland's Three Bards.
Wratislaw Corvin is a renowned figure in Hungarian history, known for his ancestral lineage. The family's Polish heritage can be traced back to Slawek Korwin (1412–1427), who established ownership of Krasne and laid the foundation for the village of "Wold Krasińska" in 1460.[2] Slawek Korwin's grandson, Jan Korwin Krasiński, serves as the common ancestor for two distinct branches: the Krasne Krasiński line but eventually became extinct in the 20th century, and the currently existing Korwin Krasiński line, founded by his son Andrea (born in 1588). The latter branch is further divided into multiple lines, with the eldest one descending from Gabriel and concluding with Stanisław Korwin Krasiński. Stanisław, along with his partner Salomea Trzcińska, had four daughters, including Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska.[2]
Wincenty Krasiński received confirmation of the coat of arms[3] (with removal of the characteristics of Napoleonic heraldry) in the Kingdom of Poland on May 17, 1837 (or 1811 by Napoleon 1)
The Ukrainian line[4] who used the Slepowron coat of arms can be traced back to Andrzej Krasinski who died in Bukovina in 1497 but continues to this day with descendants in England and Canada. This line includes Stanisław Krasiński, Jan Kazimierz Krasiński, Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska, Wincenty Krasiński, Zygmunt Krasiński, Władysław Krasiński and others.
Hubert Antoni Krasiński received confirmation of the count's title along with the four-field coat of arms on 18 September 1882 in Galicia.[5]
Having lost property during World War 1 in Regimentarzówka (Dibrivka in modern-day Ukraine), Count of the Ukrainian Krasinskis (29 April 1866 - 20 September 1928) settled with his wife Maria Łęcki in Mszana Dolna on a small estate which was Part of Maria Leska's dowry,[6] purchased on 16 January 1899. They lived in a manor house stylized as an English "cottage" called Folwark (Grange) or Dwór Rodziny Krasińskich (Krasinski Family manor/ mansion) built at the end of the 19th century. Taken from the family in 1945[7] by the communist government,[8] it is now a Youth Educational Center[9] with a family park and playground named after the Krasinski family: Park Miejski im.Rodziny Krasiń
Henryk's son Marian ran some family businesses including leasing the sawmill next to the house to a Jewish family, the Feurersteins,[6] as well as building an Olympic-size swimming pool and taught mathematics at the Mszana high school until 1945 when the communist government seized the property.[10]
The town cemetery has a Krasinski family section where Henryk, his wife Maria Leska, daughter Franciszka Maria Krasińska (1901−1920), and sons Marian (1909−1965) and Henryk (1902−1979) are all buried.
Members of the Ukrainian Line were forced to flee Poland at the start of World War 2. Count Hubert, son of Count Henryk, fled Warsaw with his wife Irena to France via Romania and Italy with their infant son Andrew. As a major in the Polish Air Force Hubert made his way to England to be part of the free Polish RAF[11] posted for a while to Sealand[12]
Count, seventh and youngest child of Henryk Piotr Krasiński, also escaped to France and Great Britain and in 1941 became a pilot of the 301 squadron[13] and formally assigned to the Hemswell air base becoming a captain in the Polish Air Force, and Flight Lieutenant in the RAF.[14]
Members of the Mszana Dolna Krasinskis stayed during the war including Marian, Maria Antonia, and their mother Maria. Zofia Blitz[15] and her mother stayed at the Krasinski Manor house after relocating from Warsaw following the Warsaw uprising until the end of the war.[6]
(In chronological order of year of birth)