Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski

Prince Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775) was a Polish nobleman, the Duke of Klewań and Żuków, magnate, and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (from 1726). He headed Poland's Czartoryski "Familia".

Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski
Portrait by Louis de Silvestre
Coat of armsCzartoryski
Born(1696-04-26)26 April 1696
Klewań, Poland
Died13 August 1775(1775-08-13) (aged 79)
Warsaw, Poland
Noble familyCzartoryski
Spouse(s)Elenora Monika Waldstein
Issue
Antonina Czartoryska
Konstancja Czartoryska
Aleksandra Czartoryska
FatherKazimierz Czartoryski
MotherIzabela Elżbieta Morsztyn

He served as Steward of Lithuania from 1720, Castellan of Vilnius from 1722, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania from 1752, and Starost of Grod, Luck, Uświat, Jurbol, Homel, Kupsk and Pienian.

Family

Prince Michal Czartoryski married Countess Elenora Monika Waldstein on 30 October 1726 in Prague. They had four children (three daughters, one son):

  • Antonina (1728 - 26 February 1746, Warsaw), who married Jerzy Detloff Flemming on 13 February 1744 in Warsaw.
  • Konstancja (1729-1749), second wife of Jerzy Flemming.
  • Aleksandra (1730-1798)
  • Antoni (1732-1753)

Bibliography

  • Władysław Konopczyński, Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski, w: Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. IV, Kraków 1938 s. 288-294.
  • Krystyna Zienkowska, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Wrocław 1998.
  • Wojciech Kriegseisen, Sejmiki Rzeczypospolitej Szlacheckiej w XVII i XVIII wieku, Warszawa 1991.
  • Marcin Matuszewicz, Diariusz życia mego, tom 1 1714-1757, oprac. B. Królikowski, Warszawa 1986.
  • Polska stanisławowska w oczach cudzoziemców, tom I, oprac. W. Zawadzki, Warszawa 1963.
  • Polska stanisławowska w oczach cudzoziemców, tom II, oprac. W. Zawadzki, Warszawa 1963.
  • Kazimierz Waliszewski, Potoccy i Czartoryscy. Walka stronnictw i programów politycznych. Przed upadkiem Rzeczypospolitej 1734 – 1763, Kraków 1887.
  • Emanuel Rostworowski, O polską koronę. Polityka Francji w latach 1725 – 1733, Wrocław 1958.


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