Edward Aleksander Raczyński
| Edward Aleksander Raczyński | |
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| Count | |
| Coat of arms | Nałęcz |
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Full name
Edward Aleksander Raczyński
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| Born |
January 21, 1847 Dresden |
| Died | May 6, 1926 (aged 79) Kraków |
| Family | Raczyński |
| Consorts |
Maria Beatrix Krasińska |
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Issue
with Maria Beatrix Krasińska
Karol Roger Raczynski with Roger Adam Raczyński Edward Bernard Raczyński |
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| Father | Roger Maurycy Raczyński |
| Mother | Maria Ernesta Gotschall |
Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847–1926) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, patron of the arts, and founder of the Raczyński Art Gallery in Rogalin.
Raczyński was an adventurer and world-traveller. After the death of his father in 1864, at the age of 17 he escaped to Turkey with a friend for a few months, got badly wounded in the 1867 Battle of Mentana, then in 1869 went to Chile, then back to France in 1870 to take part in a war, and in 1874 settled in Kraków at the residence of his aunt Katarzyna Potocka.
He became a star of the local society, and was featured in Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald (painting) in the lower right-hand section, as the young bearded man with the white bandage on his head wound.
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