Elżbieta Izabela Lubomirska | |
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 Portrait byMarcello Bacciarelli, 1757 | |
| Coat of arms | Czartoryski |
| Born | 21 May 1736 Warsaw |
| Died | 11 November 1816(1816-11-11) (aged 80) Vienna |
| Family | Czartoryski |
| Spouse | Stanisław Lubomirski |
| Issue | Elżbieta Lubomirska Julia Lubomirska Aleksandra Lubomirska Konstancja Małgorzata Lubomirska |
| Father | August Aleksander Czartoryski |
| Mother | Maria Zofia Sieniawska |
PrincessElżbieta Izabela Czartoryska (21 May 1736 – 11 November 1816), better known under her married name ofIzabela Lubomirska, was a politically influential Polisharistocrat, philanthropist and cultural patron.
She was the daughter ofAugust Aleksander Czartoryski, one of the leaders of theFamilia, andMaria Zofia Czartoryska. In her youth, she fell in love with her cousin,Stanisław August Poniatowski, later electedKing of Poland as Stanislaus Augustus, but was unable to marry him due to the objections of her father, who thought him not sufficiently rich or influential.[1]
Eventually, she marriedStanisław Lubomirski on 9 June 1753, laterGrand Marshal of the Crown, with whom she had four children:Julia,Konstancja,Elżbieta, andAleksandra.
She was a member of the Women's Adoption Lodge -Dobroczynność (Charity) - of the Polish Freemasons from 1783.[2] Because of her liking for blue, which she often wore, she was called the "Blue Marquise".
She was one of the biggest and the wealthiest landowners in theCommonwealth. Her properties included thepalace in Wilanów (prior royal residence ofJohn III Sobieski) nearWarsaw, thepalace in Ursynów (then calledRozkosz, translating asPlaisance), which she built for her daughter Aleksandra, and theMon Coteau palace inMokotów (today's Szustra Palace). She laid the cornerstone for the building of theNational Theatre in Warsaw and initiated the reconstruction of her husband's family estate, theŁańcut Castle, in the Rococo style.
Undoubtedly, she was one of the most outstanding women in Poland in the 18th century. She took a very active part in the politics of her camp, strove both for the acquisition of foreign courts and the masses of thePolish nobility. At first, she was very fond of her youth's presumed lover, Stanislaus Augustus, then she fought him passionately. Embittered by the failure of her actions at court, she moved to Paris, and after the outbreak of the revolution, she escaped to Vienna. Apart from her political activity, she distinguished herself as a progressive protector of peasants - she founded schools and hospitals in her estates.
She died on November 25, 1816, in Vienna. She was buried in the Währing cemetery. On September 23, 1885, due to the liquidation of the cemetery in Währing, the coffin was transported to the parish church in Łańcut, where it was buried again. Earlier, a monument of white Carrara marble was erected in the temple, funded by count Alfred Potocki.
In theŁańcut estate, she founded a distillery which exists today under the name Polmos Łańcut.[3]
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