Sułkowski

Sułkowski (Polish plural: "Sułkowscy") is a Polish family of nobility and gentry consisting of famous members and having owned palaces in Rydzyna and Bielsko.

Coat of arms and motto

Family motto: "All for the Fatherland" ( _fr. Tout pour la patrie).

History

The origins of the Sułkowski family is relatively obscure in comparison to the other noble Polish families. The Sułkowski family originally lived in a village known as Sułków, now known as Sułkowo Borowe, in the Mława district 100 km. (60 miles) north of Warsaw. Of the family manor house, only a single gatepost remains. Close by there is a wooden church built in 1644. The earliest records are from the 16th century. For the first four generations only the oldest son has been recorded.
* Paweł of Sułków married Franciszka Maciejowska.
* Jan of Sułków married Katarzyna Dłuska.
* Sebastian of Sułków married Barbara Razymińska.
* Stanisław Sułkowski (b. mid 17th century) married Ełżbieta Szalewska (either in 1694 or 1695).

According to some sources, Elżbieta Szalewska had a liaison with August the Strong (Elector of Saxony (as August Frederick I); elected king of Poland (as August II) by the Sejm in 1697) and bore him an illegitimate son. Her husband, Stanisław Sułkowski, gave this son, Aleksander Józef Sułkowski, his last name. Aleksander Józef Sułkowski and his descendants formed the noble branch of the Sułkowski family. Stanisław and his wife went on to have four children, who formed the gentry branch of the Sułkowski family.

* ALEKSANDER JOZEF SUŁKOWSKI, b. 13.03.1695 in Kraków, d. 21-05-1762 in Leszno. Alexander was a favorite companion of August III the Saxon, son of August II, and was his Minister of State in Saxony from 1733 to 1738. He was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1733. Elevated to Prince by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1752. In 1754, the rights to the title were granted to all his children and their descendants. In 1738 he bought the estates of Rydzyna and Leszno from the exiled ex-king of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. In 1752 he bought the castle and estates of Bielsko in Cieszyn Silesia. He married Baroness Maria Francis Stein zu Jettingen (b.1712, d.1741) in October 1728. They had four sons and three daughters:-

# AUGUST CASIMIR (Kazimierz), b.15.11 1729, d.7.01.1786. Royal Chamberlain, general of the royal army, commander of the Rydzyna infantry regiment, Marshal of the Sejm (Polish parliament) 1775-1776. He completed his father's work of expanding the Rydzyna Castle and created the Sułkowski Foundation. He married Louise Mniszech in 1766, They had no children.
# Alexander Antoni, b. 15.10.1730, d. 21.09.1786. General of the royal army 1785. He married Eleanor Cetner in 1755, They had no children.
# FRANCIS (FRANCISZEK), b. 29.01.1733, d. 22.04.1812. He inherited the Bielsko estates and created the BIELSKO line of the family. See below for more details.
# ANTONI PAUL, b. 11.06.1734, d. 16.04.1796. He created the RYDZYNA line and inherited the Sułkowski Foundation estates. See below for more details
# Marianna, b.1728, d.1749. Married Franciszek Jakub Szembek 1747.
# Joanna, b.1736, d.1800. Married Prince Peter Sapieha 1750. No children.
# Josepha Petronela, b. 1737, d. 1756. Married Prince Ignacy Potocki 1753. Two children - Marianna and Alexander Potocki.

=Notable Members=The Sułkowski family members include:

Noble line

* Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695-1762), Minister of State (1733-1738), count, prince
* August Kazimierz Sułkowski (1729-1786), royal chamberlain, general, commander, founder of Sułkowski Foundation
* Aleksander Antoni Sułkowski (1730-1786), general
* Franciszek Sułkowski (1733-1812), lieutenant-general, general, chamberlain, founder of Bielsko family line
* Antoni Sułkowski (1733-1812), colonel, general, commander, chancellor, founder of the Rydzyna family line
* Antoni Paweł Sułkowski (1785-1836), colonel, brigade-general, division commander
* Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1776-1804), major

The BIELSKO Princes

Prince FRANCIS (FRANCISZEK) Sułkowski of Bielsko, b. 29.01.1733, d. 22.04.1812; lieutenant-general of the Polish infantry, later general in the Russian army, Austrian chamberlain, inherited the Bielsko principality. He married Marianna Strzemeska in 1759, but she died in 1770 without children. He then married Judyta Maria Montbelli de Biciard (a Warsaw actress) in 1776. They had three children:

# Alexander Joseph, b. 1776 in Warsaw, d. 1804. He became a major in the Austrian army but did not marry.
# Julia Francis, b. 1776 in Warsaw, d. 1836.
# Prince JAN NEPOMUCEN,

Prince JAN NEPOMUCEN Sułkowski b. 23.06.1777 in Warsaw, d. 9.11.1832 in Teresin.married Baroness Louise Larisch (b. 1786, d. 3.03.1848) in 1806 in the Słupna castle at Myślowice, Silesia. They had one surviving child: Ludwik Jan Alfred,

Prince LUDWIK JAN Alfred Sułkowski was married three times. His first wife, Maria Harry, died in childbirth, the child did not survive. He married Maria Elisabeth von Dietrich (b.1823, d. 1853) in 1845. They had one son Joseph Maria b. 2.02.1848. He was married twice but only had one daughter, who in turn had no children. He then went to the United States and married Maria Antonina Gemperle (b.1832, d.1875) on 3.06.1853 in Albany,NY. They had 9 children:
# Taida, b. 14.12.1853 - New Bremen, USA. She married Baron Lotar Unterrichter de Rechtental in 1877 in Bielsko. They had no children.
# Adolf Jan, b. 17.11.1855 - New Bremen, d. 26.12.1913 in Cracow. He married Charlotte Glass in Bielsko and they had two daughters.
# ALEXANDER EDMUND,
# Anna, b.1858 - New Bremen, d. ?, no further information.
# Stanisław, b. 5.06.1862.- Rohrschach, Switzerland, d. 18.01.1940 - Tresternitz, Germany
# Gabriela, b.2.05.1866 - Bielsko, d. ?, married Adolf Schmeising in Ebenfurth, Germany - no further information.
# Wanda, b.8.01.1868 - Bielsko, married Raimund Fugger in Vienna, no further information
# Edgar, b. 8.01.1868 - Bielsko, d. 6.09.1954 - Gmunden, Germany
# Wiktor, b.17.01.1870 - Bielsko, d. 23.09.1946 - Hungary

Prince ALEXANDER EDMUND Sułkowski, b. 8.12.1856 - New Bremen, d. 2.09.1929 in Bielsko, married Baroness Maria Moser von Ebreichsdorf (b. 1872, d. 1940) in 1890. They had 6 children:
# Wanda b.1892 - Achau, Austria, d. 1948 - Bozen. married Otto Aufschnaiter 1921.
# ALEXANDER LUDWIG KARL, .
# Maria Theresa b. 1894, d. ?
# Maria Karolina b.1895, d ?
# Roman Edgar b. 1897 Tannenmuhle, d. 1940 - Vienna.
# Maria Priska b. 1902

Prince ALEXANDER LUDWIG KARL Sułkowski, b. 15.02.1893-Ebenfurth, d. 27.03.1956 - Leoben. He married Countess Feodora Hardegg 1919, divorced (?). They had one daughter - Alexandra,

He then married Anna Mallinger (b.1899) in Leoben 1936.They had two children:
# Maria Jadwiga, b.1938 in Vienna.
# ALEXANDER JOZEF,

Prince ALEXANDER JOZEF Sułkowski,b. 23.03.1940 in Vienna. He married Liliana Szczygiel 1967, later divorced. Then married Helena Rajewska 1973. Children - not known.

The RYDZYNA Princes

Prince ANTONI Sułkowski, b. 29.01.1733, d. 22.04.1812; colonel of the royal army 1757, general 1762, commander of the Rydzyna infantry regiment 1786, chancellor of the kingdom 1793. He became the head of the Sułkowski Foundation upon the childless death of both his older brothers in 1786.He married Countess Marianna Działynska 1766, divorced her 1781. Then he married Countess Caroline Bubna Littitz 1784. They had one son: PAUL ANTONI,

# Prince PAUL ANTONI Sułkowski, b. 31.12.1785 - Leszno, d. 13.04.1836 - Rydzyna. He was colonel of infantry of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, brigade general 1810, division general 1813.

He Married Ewa Kicka (b.1786, d. 1824) 14.01.1898 in Warsaw. They had 5 children:
# Taida Caroline, b.1811, d. 1839. She married Count Henry Wodzicki and had one son.
# Helen Caroline, b. 1812, d. 1900. She married Count Henry Potocki1833 and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
# Ewa Caroline, b. 1814. She married Count Władysław Potocki 1838 and had 2 daughters.
# Teresa Caroline, b.1815, d. 1889. She married Count Henry Wodzicki in 1840 and had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
# AUGUST ANTONI

Prince AUGUST ANTONI Sułkowski, b.13.12.1820, d.19.., married Maria Mycielska (b. 1822, d. 19..) 23.01.1843, They had one son: Antoni Stanisław,

# Prince ANTONI STANISŁAW Sułkowski, b.6.02.1844 - Rydzyna, d. 15.06.1909 in Munich. He married Countess Maria Emma Gislana de Sanchez d'Alcantara (b.1852., d. 1877) in Brussels 03.09.1872. They had two sons:
# Alexander, b. 1873 - Rydzyna, d. 1905 - San Remo. He married twice, but had no children
# Franciszek, b.1874, d. 1903, never married.

Prince Antoni Stanisław married again - Josephine Schhmidt in Breslau (modern Wrocław) in 1898, but they had no children.

Since his two sons predeceased him with no children, upon his death in 1909 the Rydzyna line of Princes Sułkowski ended.

Descendants of some of these families are known to be living in Austria, Germany, Hungary and North America.

Gentry line

This family line, although gentry, do not carry titles of Prince of Duke.
* Stanisław Sułkowski (c.mid 17th century)
* Antoni Sułkowski (c.1700-before 1753), colonel
* Michał Sułkowski (c.1700-1747), general
* Stanisław Sułkowski (?-1749), priest
* Stefan Sułkowski, army captain, lieutenant-colonel
* Teodor Sułkowski (1728-1792), general
* Kazimierz Sułkowski (1729-1805), lieutenant-colonel, colonel, general
* Ignacy Sułkowski (c.1731-1795), general
* Józef Sułkowski (1773-1798), one of the first recipients of order Virtuti Militari, captain

The descendants of STANISŁAW SUŁKOWSKI

This family line, although gentry, do not carry titles of Prince or Duke. Their coat of arms is Sulima.

STANISŁAW SUŁKOWSKI, owner of the Sułkowo estate. He and his wife Elisabeth Szalewska had four additional children:

# Antoni, b. about 1700, d. before 1753
# Michael, b. about 1700, d. 1747. He became a general in the army of Saxony. He never married.
# Stanisław, b. , d. 1749. He became a priest, in Warsaw.
# Elizabeth, married Jakub Łuba, then Kazimierz Nowosielski, children ?

ANTONI Sułkowski became a colonel in the army of Saxony. he married Rozalia Rauz. They had five children:
# Stefan, was an army captain in 1740, lt.col in 1773. He married Miss Gramlich about 1742. They had no children.
# Teodor, b. 1728, d. 1792. See below.
# Kazimierz (Casimir), b. 1729, d. 1805. Became Lt.colonel of the Polish army 1757, colonel 1770, general 1780. Married Ludwika Przyjemska 1780 ?. No record of children.
# Ignacy, b. 1731?;, d. 1795. He became General of the Polish army 1777. Married Cecile Schiefert 1764. Married Josephine de Fernemont 1790. No record of children.
# Helena, married Walenty Zbijewski - no record of children.

TEODOR Sułkowski became a colonel of army 1777. He married Julia Quelisk about 1772,They had one son
# Joseph Sułkowski, b. 17.01.1773, killed 22.10.1798. He took part in the Polish-Russian War of 1792 and was one of the first recipients of the newly created order Virtuti Militari. He became a captain in Napoleon Bonaparte's army, fighting in Italy in 1796. He served as Bonaparte's Aide-de-camp, being knocked out while at his side at the Battle of Arcole. He participated in the Egyptian campaign and was wounded at the Battle of the Pyramids. He was killed near Cairo in a skirmish with insurgents. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. He never married.

NOTE!Today there are many Sułkowski families in Poland, Germany, North America, undoubtedly many of them are descendants of some of the above listed.Here are some recent entries found on the Internet:
* Tadeusz Sułkowski - Poet; b. 15.10.1907 in Skierniewice, Poland; d. 26.07.1960 in London.Father: Tadeusz, mother Florentyna Konarska. Studied Polish literature at Warsaw University. In September 1939 wounded in the battle of river Bzura, taken prisoner of war. Was in Oflag Murnau. After war ended reached the Polish Second Corps in Italy. Demobilized in London, he was manager of the home for Polish artists on Finchley Road, where he lived until his death. Many of his poems were printed in Polish magazines in England. A volume of his poetry was published in Poland in 1980.

=See Also=
* The Princely Houses of Poland
* Sułkowski Foundation
* Bielsko-Biała Museum
* Bielsko
* Rydzyna

=Sources=
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/sulkowski.html extract of Gotha registry] .
* [http://genealog.home.pl/ Genealogy of Polish aristocratic families] .