Person:Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1)

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Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
b.14 Jan 1770
d.15 Jul 1861
  1. Adam Jerzy Czartoryski1770 - 1861
  2. Konstanty Adam Czartoryski1774 - 1860
  3. Zofia Czartoryska1780 - 1837
  4. Maria Czartoryskich
  1. Władysław Czartoryski1828 - 1894
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Name Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Jan 1770
Marriage to Anna Zofia Sapieha
Death[1] 15 Jul 1861
Reference Number? Q342889?


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Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; ; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author.

The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political career as a foreign minister to the Russian Tsar Alexander I after Poland was partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria. He later became a leader of the Polish government in exile and a bitter opponent of Alexander's successor, Tsar Nicholas I. In exile, he advocated for the reestablishment of a sovereign Polish state, which also stimulated early Balkan and Belgian nationalism, and intensified their desire for independence.

Czartoryski was a dedicated patron of arts and greatly contributed to the Czartoryski Collection. In 1798, he purchased one of Poland's most important national treasures – Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, which he brought as a gift for his mother from Italy.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.