The House of Krasiński (plural: Krasińscy ) is an old Polish noble family. Krasińska is the feminine form used to address a female member of the family. The name is derived from the village of Krasne in Masovia . The family traces its origins to the 14th century. Its members have been landowners and politically active in Masovia, Lithuania , and Galicia . The Krasiński family has produced officers, politicians (including voivodes of Poland and members of the Senate of Poland ), and bishops. One of the most renowned members of the Krasiński family is the 19th-century poet Zygmunt Krasiński , one of Poland's Three Bards .
10-597: Krasiński (sometimes spelled Krasinsky , if originally transliterated from Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian) is a surname of Polish, or generally Slavic, origin. In its feminine version, the Polish surname becomes Krasińska, and the Russian or Belarusian surname may become Krasinskaya. Krasiński family is a Polish noble family. Notable members of the Krasiński family may include: Krasi%C5%84ski family Wratislaw Corvin
20-649: A captain in the Polish Air Force and a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF. Members of the Mszana Dolna Krasińskis who remained during the war included Marian, Maria Antonia, and their mother Maria. Zofia Blitz and her mother stayed at the Krasiński manor house after relocating from Warsaw following the Warsaw Uprising until the end of the war. (In chronological order of year of birth) This biography of
30-400: A major in the Polish Air Force, Hubert made his way to England to join the free Polish RAF, and was posted for a time to Sealand. Count Józef Krasiński [ pl ] (pilot), the seventh and youngest child of Henryk Piotr Krasiński, also escaped to France and Great Britain. In 1941, he became a pilot with the 301 Squadron , and was formally assigned to Hemswell air base. He became
40-417: A manor house styled as an English "cottage" called Folwark (Grange) or Dwór Rodziny Krasińskich (Krasiński Family Manor/Mansion), built at the end of the 19th century. Taken from the family in 1945 by the communist government, it is now a Youth Educational Center with a family park and playground named after the Krasiński family: Park Miejski im. Rodziny Krasińskich (Krasiński Family City Park). On its grounds
50-521: Is a figure in Hungarian history, recognized for his ancestral lineage. The family's Polish heritage can be traced back to Slawek Korwin (1412–1427), who established ownership of Krasne and founded the village of "Wold Krasińska" in 1460. Slawek Korwin's grandson, Jan Korwin Krasiński, is the common ancestor of two distinct branches: the Krasne Krasiński line, which became extinct in the 20th century, and
60-488: Is the old winery, which was converted in 2003 into a hotel restaurant called Folwark Stara Winiarnia (The Old Grange Winery). Their daughter, Countess Maria Krasińska, was the last owner of the estate until 1945. Henryk's son Marian ran several family businesses, including leasing the sawmill next to the house to a Jewish family, the Feurersteins, as well as building an Olympic-size swimming pool and teaching mathematics at
70-628: The Mszana high school until 1945, when the communist government seized the property. The town cemetery has a Krasiński family section where Henryk, his wife Maria Łęcka, daughter Franciszka Maria Krasińska (1901–1920), and sons Marian (1909–1965) and Henryk (1902–1979) are all buried. Members of the Ukrainian line were forced to flee Poland at the start of World War II. Count Hubert, son of Count Henryk, fled Warsaw with his wife Irena and their infant son Andrew. They traveled to France via Romania and Italy. As
80-683: The count's title along with the four-field coat of arms on September 18, 1882, in Galicia. Having lost property during World War I in Regimentarzówka ( Dibrivka in modern-day Ukraine), Count Henryk Piotr Krasiński [ pl ] (29 April 1866 - 20 September 1928) of the Ukrainian Krasinskis settled with his wife Maria Łęcki in Mszana Dolna on a small estate that was part of Maria Łęcki's dowry, purchased on 16 January 1899. They lived in
90-410: The current Korwin Krasiński line, established by his son Andrea (born in 1588). The latter branch is further divided into multiple lines, with the eldest descending from Gabriel and ending with Stanisław Korwin Krasiński. Stanisław, along with his partner Salomea Trzcińska, had four daughters, including Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska . Wincenty Krasiński received confirmation of the coat of arms (with
100-687: The removal of Napoleonic heraldic features) in the Kingdom of Poland on May 17, 1837 (or 1811 by Napoleon I ). The Ukrainian line, which used the Ślepowron coat of arms , can be traced back to Andrzej Krasiński, who died in Bukovina in 1497. This line continues today with descendants in England and Canada, including Stanisław Krasiński , Jan Kazimierz Krasiński , Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska , Wincenty Krasiński , Zygmunt Krasiński , Władysław Krasiński , and others. Hubert Antoni Krasiński received confirmation of
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