House of Krasiński
House of Krasiński
Franciszka Krasińska
Wincenty Krasiński
Zygmunt Krasiński, one of Poland's Three National Bards.
Krasiński (plural: Krasińscy) is the surname of a Polish noble family. Krasińska is the feminine form. The name derives from the village of Krasne in Masovia. The family dates from the 14th century. Its members were landowners and politically active in Masovia, Lithuania and Halychyna. The Krasiński family has produced officers, politicians (including voivodes of Poland, members of the Senate of Poland) and bishops. Probably its most celebrated member is the 19th-century poet, Zygmunt Krasiński, one of Poland's Three Bards.
Origins
Wratislaw Corvin is a legendary Hungarian ancestor. The family's Polish ancestry goes back to Slawek Korwin, (1412–1427), who became hereditary owner of Krasne and founded the village of "Wold Krasińska" in 1460.[1] His grandson, Jan Korwin Krasiński is the ancestor of both the Krasne Krasiński line, and became extinct in the 20th century and of the cadet branch, the extant Korwin Krasiński line, founded by his son, Andrea (b. 1588). It subdivided into several lines, the eldest of which was descended from Gabriel and ended with Stanisław Korwin Krasiński, who with Salomea Trzcińska had four daughters, including Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska.[1]
Notable members
(In chronological order of year of birth)
Stanisław Krasiński (1558–1617), castellan, voivode
Stanisław Krasiński (1585–1649), jurist, member of parliament
Jan Kazimierz Krasiński (1607–1669), voivode
Ludwik Krasiński (1609–1644), military commander
Jan Dobrogost Krasiński (1639–1717), politician
Zofia Krasińska (died 1642 or 1643), muse
Michał Hieronim Krasiński (1712–1784), politician
Adam Stanisław Krasiński (1714-1800), bishop
Kazimierz Krasiński (1725−1802), politician, military leader, member of the Great Sejm, patron of arts
Zofia Korwin Krasińska (1718-1790), landowner, publicist, philanthropist and entrepreneur married to Antoni Lubomirski
Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska (1742-1796), wife of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland
Jan Krasiński (1756–1790), military commander
Wincenty Krasiński (1782−1858), military leader, senator, father of the poet, Zygmunt
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812−1859), poet
Władysław Krasiński (1844–1873), son of the poet, Zygmunt
Coat of arms
Residences
See also
Krasiński Square
Three Bards