Joanna Grudzińska

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Joanna Grudzińska (1799-1831) was a Polish noble, a Duchess of Łowicz and the second wife of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, the de facto viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland. A daughter to Antoni Grudziński, the last owner of the town of Chodzież, Grudzińska was known for her beauty. On May 27, 1820, she married Grand Duke Konstantin, who had divorced with his earlier wife two months earlier. Because of her Polish ancestry, Grand Duke was forced to renounce his rights to the crown of Russia.

By some considered a traitor, she remained faithful to her husband even after the November Uprising in which he fought against his Polish subjects. Interestingly, her twin sister Maria was married to Gen. Dezydery Chłapowski, one of the most notable Polish commanders during the Uprising.

Grudzińska died in 1831 and was buried in Tsarskoye Selo. In 1929 her remnants were exhumed and reburied in the grave of her sister and Gen. Chłapowski in Rąbin near Leszno.

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[edit] Reference

  • Władysław Bortnowski, Wielki Książę Konstanty i Joanna Grudzińska, Wyd. Łódzkie 1981.
  • Jan Czyński, Cesarzewicz Konstanty i Joanna Grudzińska czyli Jakubini polscy, Warszawa 1956.
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