Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 – 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress, landowner, and a significant art collector.
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Biography
Maria Ludwika was born on 24 March 1883 in Warsaw, the only child of Count Ludwik Józef Krasiński (1833–1895) and his wife, Countess Magdalena Zawisza-Kierżgaiłło (1861–1935). Following her father's death in 1895, she became the primary heiress to one of the largest aristocratic fortunes in Poland, which included vast agricultural estates, forestry tracts, and ancestral urban properties. Her inherited art collections and private capital served as a structural foundation for the expansion of the Krasinski Museum in Warsaw, securing historical artifacts and European fine art during the early twentieth century.
Marriage and issue
On 31 August 1901 in Warsaw, she married Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski, the eldest son of Prince Władysław Czartoryski and Princess Marguerite of Orléans. The marriage produced eight children:
Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska (1902–1929), married Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1927 and had issue.
Princess Izabella Czartoryska (1904–1904).