Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński | |
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| Coat of arms | Pogoń Ruska |
| Born | 18 April 1873 Warsaw |
| Died | 19 June 1945 (aged 72) Edinburgh |
| Family | Czetwertyński |
| Wife | Zofia Barbara Przeździecka h. Pierzchała |
| Father | Włodzimierz Czetwertyński-Światopełk |
| Mother | Maria Wanda Felicja Urska h. Sas |
| Occupation | entrepreneur, landowner and politician |
Prince Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈvɛrɨn fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ɕfjaˈtɔpɛwk t͡ʂɛtfɛrˈtɨj̃skʲi]; b. 18 April 1873 in Warsaw – 19 June 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a Polish landowner, entrepreneur and politician. He belonged to a cadet branch of the Czetwertyński family, historically one of the princely houses of Poland and Lithuania.[1]
He was a pupil at the Realschule in Riga and was a member of the Polish student fraternity Arkonia. He went on to study at the University of Bonn.[2]
He became a member of the Russian Duma in 1906, and after Poland had regained its independence, he was elected to the Sejm from 1919 until 1935. During World War II, he was a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was imprisoned at Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps. He died of exhaustion barely two months after liberation, having newly arrived in the United Kingdom.
Światopełk-Czetwertyński was married to Zofia Przeździecka; their son Włodzimierz (1907–1965) and elder grandchildren were born in Poland, but during World War II, they fled to Britain, eventually taking up residence in North America.[1]
References
- 1 2 Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 107, 115. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
- ↑ Czetwertyński, Włodzimierz (1930). NA WOZIE I POD WOZEM (1837— 1917) WSPOMNIENIA Z LAT UBIEGŁYCH WNUKOM I WNUCZKOM OPOWIEDZIANE, z przedmową: Syn o Ojcu, Czetwertyński, Seweryn. Opracowanie Wasylewski, St (PDF) (in Polish). Poznań: wydawnictwo polskie R. Wegnera. Retrieved 2022-04-08.