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.[1] 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.
Wratislaw Corvin 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.[2][verification needed] 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 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.[2][verification needed]
Wincenty Krasiński received confirmation of the coat of arms[3] (with the removal of Napoleonic heraldic features) in the Kingdom of Poland on May 17, 1837[4] (or 1811 by Napoleon I[3]).
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,[7] purchased on 16 January 1899. They lived in 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[8] by the communist government,[9] it is now a Youth Educational Center[10] with a family park and playground named after the Krasiński family: Park Miejski im. Rodziny Krasińskich (Krasiński Family City Park). On its grounds is the old winery, which was converted in 2003 into a hotel restaurant[8] called Folwark Stara Winiarnia (The Old Grange Winery). Their daughter, Countess Maria Krasińska, was the last owner of the estate until 1945.[7]
Henryk's son Marian ran several family businesses, including leasing the sawmill next to the house to a Jewish family, the Feurersteins,[7] as well as building an Olympic-size swimming pool and teaching mathematics at the Mszana high school until 1945, when the communist government seized the property.[11]
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.[citation needed]
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 a major in the Polish Air Force, Hubert made his way to England to join the free Polish RAF,[12] and was posted for a time to Sealand.[13]
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,[14] and was formally assigned to Hemswell air base. He became a captain in the Polish Air Force and a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF.[15]
Members of the Mszana Dolna Krasińskis who remained during the war included Marian, Maria Antonia, and their mother Maria. Zofia Blitz[16] and her mother stayed at the Krasiński manor house after relocating from Warsaw following the Warsaw Uprising until the end of the war.[7]
Count Henryk Hubert Antoni (Humbert) Krasiński (1833–1890), bacteriologist who worked with Louis Pasteur in Paris. Designed Warsaw sewage systems. Part of a Polish delegation that submitted demands to Emperor Franz Joseph I. Awarded the Italian Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus and the French Legion of Honor
Józef Krasiński (15 June 1914, Mszana Dolna – 3 April 1998, Canmore, Alberta, Canada), Polish engineer, aviator, and count. Military aviator, pilot of the 301 Bomber Squadron during World War II, decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari, aviation engineer, and lecturer at universities in Argentina and Canada.
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Krasiński II Hrabia coat of arms, a variant of the Ślepowron coat of arms
Coat of Arms of the House of Krasiński at the Czapski Palace
Krasinski Family Manor (Dwór Rodziny Krasińskich), Mszana Dolna
Krasiński Palace, Warsaw
Krasiński Manor in Złoty Potok (Zygmunt Krasinski Museum)
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