Elżbieta Czartoryska (1736–1816)

Elżbieta Czartoryska

Coat of arms Czartoryski
Born 21 May 1736
Died 11 November 1816
Vienna
Family Czartoryski
Husband Stanisław Lubomirski

Issue

Father August Aleksander Czartoryski
Mother Maria Zofia Sieniawska

Princess Elżbieta Izabela Czartoryska (21 May 1736 – 11 November 1816), better known under her married name of Izabela Lubomirska, was a Polish noblewoman.

Life

She was the daughter of August Aleksander Czartoryski, one of the leaders of the Familia, and Maria Zofia Czartoryska. In her youth, she loved her cousin, Stanisław August Poniatowski, later elected King of Poland, but was unable to marry him due to the objections of her father, who thought him not sufficiently rich or influential.[1]

Eventually, she married Stanisław Lubomirski on 9 June 1753, with whom she had four children: Julia, Konstancja, Elżbieta, and Aleksandra.

She was a member of an adoptive Masonic lodge.[2] Because of her liking for blue, which she often wore, she was called the "Blue Marquise".

In the Łańcut estate, she founded a distillery which exists today under the name Polmos Łańcut.

References

  1. ↑ Zamoyski, Adam. The Last King of Poland.
  2. ↑ Małachowski-Łempicki, Stanisław (1930). Wykaz polskich lóż wolnomularskich oraz ich członków w latach 1738-1821. Kraków: Archiwum Komisji Historycznej.
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