The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska , plural: Czartoryscy ; Lithuanian : Čartoriskiai ) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian - Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia . The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dynasty, by the mid-17th century had split into two branches, based in the Klevan Castle and the Korets Castle , respectively. They used the Czartoryski coat of arms and were a noble family of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century.
19-742: The Czartoryski and the Potocki were the two most influential aristocratic families of the last decades of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795). 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),
38-477: Is renowned for numerous Polish statesmen, military leaders, and cultural activists. The first known Potocki was Żyrosław z Potoka (born about 1136). The children of his son Aleksander (~1167) castelan of Sandomierz , were progenitors of new noble families such as the Moskorzewski, Stanisławski, Tworowski, Borowski, and Stosłowski. Jakub Potocki (c. 1481–1551) was the protoplast of the magnate line of
57-826: 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
76-831: The Polish branch of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , with the foundation Pomoc Maltańska , with the Polish Landed Gentry Society and with the Polish Heraldic Society , of which some of the members are genealogy experts for the association. The association doesn't grant titles of nobility or titles of aristocracy and it doesn't cooperate with organizations which it considers to be usurpatory, pseudo-aristocratic, pseudo-monarchistic or pseudo-military orders. The association's magazine, Verbum Nobile , first publication
95-510: The ethos of chivalry . The association is legally recognized, as the statute was affirmed by the Regional Court Gdańsk-Północ on 16 February 2006. The current association headquarters is located in the capital city of Warsaw , Poland. To become a member of the association, one has to be of noble origin in the male line, i.e., to be a son or daughter of a male noble. The association cooperates with other such organizations in
114-624: The Polish Nobility The Polish Nobility Association ( PNA ) ( Polish : Związek Szlachty Polskiej , ZSzP ) – is a sociocultural organization , registered in 1995 in Gdańsk . The association aims to integrate the nobility of the once Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , take care of cultural monuments of the nobles , popularize the history and traditions of the Polish nobility, szlachta , and promote
133-592: The Polish Nobility . The 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. Notable members include: Potocki The House of Potocki ( Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi] ; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka)
152-658: The Pope and in the Kingdom of Poland ( Congress Poland ). In 1631 Stefan Potocki , who started the "Złota Pilawa" lineage, died and was buried in Zolotyi Potik (pl. Złoty Potok , Golden Potok , a village owned by this lineage), his descendants started to use the Pilawa coat of arms in golden colour. Because of that the lineage is called the "Złota Pilawa" (Golden Piława). There are also four branches called: Named after
171-740: The Potocki family. The magnate line split into three primary lineages, called: The "Złota Pilawa" line received the title of count from the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1606. The entire family began using the Count title after the partitions of Poland . The title was recognized 1777 and 1784 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and 1838, 1843, 1859, 1890 1903 in Russia and 1889 by
190-640: 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
209-823: The country and abroad such as: the Institute Saint Georges pour la Noblesse from France, the Institute Fernando el Catolico from Zaragoza in Spain, the Russian Noble Assembly from Moscow , the Confederation of the Belarusian Nobility from Minsk , and many others. In Poland, PNA cooperates with independent family organizations, supporting and promoting their activities. PNA continuously cooperates with
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#1732772484413228-466: 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
247-465: 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
266-461: The hubs of their respective constellations of properties. The family became prominent in the 16th and 17th centuries as a result of the patronage of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski and King Sigismund III Vasa . The Potocki family used the Piława coat of arms , and their motto was Scutum opponebat scuto (Latin for "Shield opposing shield"; literally "He opposed shield to shield"). Confederation of
285-699: The members and supporters of the organization. The association has its local branches in the following cities: Białystok , Gdańsk , Kraków , Szczecin , Toruń , Warsaw , Wrocław . Regional representatives of the association play an important role in the organization. Currently PNA has its permanent representatives in Ciechanów , Łomża , Olsztyn , Ostrów Mazowiecka , Płock , Przemyśl , Szczecin ; abroad in Lithuania , Canada , in Germany, in Sweden and in
304-569: 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
323-470: Was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families in Poland. The Potocki family originated from the small village of Potok Wielki ; their family name derives from that place name. The family contributed to the cultural development and history of Poland's Eastern Borderlands (today Western Ukraine). The family
342-548: 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
361-497: Was in 1992 and is still being published up to this day. The magazine's Registration No. in Press Registry: 296, ISSN : 1230-4573. To date, (August 2010) there have been 15 issued publications, including 2 double volume publications. This magazine is focused on the broader themes of the nobility – the tradition, culture, history (including heraldry and genealogy), as well as current affairs and its contents deemed important to
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