Witold Leon Czartoryski
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Not to be confused with Witold Czartoryski.
Prince Witold Leon Karol Adam Jarosław Jerzy Czartoryski (10 February 1864 – 6 September 1945) was a Polish noble (szlachcic) and landowner. He served as the general commissar of Galicia and Lodomeria from the end of Russian occupation in 1917 to full incorporation as part of Poland on 1 November 1918. He was a hereditary member of the Austrian House of Lords (Herrenhaus) from 1908 and an elected Senator of the Polish Republic (1922–28)
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Witold Leon Czartoryski | |
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Coat of arms | Czartoryski |
Born | (1864-02-10)10 February 1864 Weinhaus, near Vienna |
Died | 6 September 1945(1945-09-06) (aged 81) Maków Podhalański, Poland |
Noble family | Czartoryski |
Consort | Jadwiga Dzieduszycka |
Father | Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski |
Mother | Maria Joanna Czermak |
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Witold became owner of Pełkinie, Wiązownica, Konarzewo, Byliny estates in Poland and Weinhaus in Vienna.[1]
Witold was a well-known horse racing enthusiast. He set up a world-renowned hot bloods stud in Pełkinie, which bred the remarkable Arabian horses Czubuthan,[2] Babolna, Ba-Ida, Kasmira and Aeniza.[3]