Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847–1926) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, patron of the arts, and founder of the Raczyński Art Gallery in Rogalin.[1]
Edward Aleksander Raczyński | |
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| Count | |
 Painting by Jacek Malczewski, 1903 | |
| Coat of arms | Nałęcz |
| Full name | Edward Aleksander Raczyński |
| Born | 21 January 1847 Dresden |
| Died | 6 May 1926 (aged 79) Kraków |
| Family | Raczyński |
| Consorts | Maria Beatrix Krasińska Róża Potocka |
| Issue | with Maria Beatrix Krasińska Karol Roger Raczynski with Róża Potocka Roger Adam Raczyński Edward Bernard Raczyński |
| Father | Roger Maurycy Raczyński |
| Mother | Maria Ernesta Gotschall |
Biography edit
Raczyński was an adventurer and world traveller. After the death of his father in 1864, at the age of 17 he escaped to Turkey for a few months with a friend, Roger Ziolecki, after his guardians attempted to send him to Wroclaw; he was later badly wounded in the 1867 Battle of Mentana, then in 1869 went to Chile, then back to France in 1870 to take part in a war, and in 1874 settled in Kraków at the residence of his aunt countess Katarzyna Potocka.[1]
He became a star of the local society, and was featured in Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald (painting) in the lower right-hand section, as the young bearded man with the white bandage on his head wound.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Jerzy Pietrzak (1986), Edward Aleksander Raczyński.[permanent dead link] Polski Słownik Biograficzny.