Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński
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]
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 |
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 regained her 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 both the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps. He died of exhaustion barely two months after liberation, having newly arrived in the United Kingdom.
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
- 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.