Konstancja Sanguszko

Kanstancyja Sanguška (Denhaf). Канстанцыя Сангушка (Дэнгаф)

Konstancja Sanguszko (1716-1791), was a Polish magnate.

She was the daughter of Stanisław Ernest Denhoff and Joanna Catherine Denhoff and married to Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko in 1731. She lived separated from her spouse, who was homosexual and abandoned her shortly after the wedding. She lived in Gdansk, and played a political role during the Bar Confederation (1768-1772), when she contributed to the formation of the Confederation. In 1780, she remarried Józef Rogaliński, who abandoned her, wasted her fortune and left her to die in poverty. She was involved in longing lawsuits with both her husband's which attracted great attention.

References

    • Maria Czeppe i Roman Marcinek Konstancja Kolumba Sanguszkowa w Polski Słownik Biograficzny tom XXXIV wyd. 1992-1993 s.523

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.