Karolina Sobańska
| Countess Karolina Rozalia Tekla | |
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| Coat of arms | Krzywda |
| Consort |
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| Noble family |
Rzewuski (by birth) House of Sobański (by marriage) |
| Father | Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski |
| Mother | Justyna Rdułtowska h. Drogosław |
| Born | 1793/1795 |
| Died | 1885 |
Countess Karolina Rozalia Tekla Sobańska (née Rzewuska) (born 1793/1795(?) – died 1885) was a Polish noble lady belonging to the well-known szlachta family of Rzewuski. She was a Russian agent, the mistress of the Tsarist general Jan Witt and a reputed lover of Poland's national poet Adam Mickiewicz.[1]
Sister of Ewelina Hańska, wife of Honoré de Balzac.
Marriage and issue
Karolinass first husband was a Russian officer Stefan Cerkovic. In 1814 she married marszałek Hieronim Sobański h. Junosza and had one child:[2][3]
- Kostancja Honorata Sobańska (1814–1838), married to Prince Ksawery Franciszek Sapieha.
Her third husband was a Frenchman Jules’a Lacroix.
Bibliography
- Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 39 s. 411
References
- ↑ Black Sea (1995) by Neal Ascherson, pp. 150-165
- ↑ http://genealogia.grocholski.pl/gd/osoba.php?id=014842
- ↑ http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/dw.16263
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