Konstancja Sanguszkowa née Denhoff (1716-1791). A reminder of the duchess's biography, which found shelter in Pomerania during the turbulent times of the Bar Confederation
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Finding by the author of two Polish-language panegyrics dedicated to Konstancja Sanguszkowa from Denhoffs, which came from the pen of an anonymous author in the second half of the 18th century, became an inspiration to reminding of her fate. The article is a reconstruction of the duchess's biography based on journalistic sources. It introduces the story of two unhappy and controversial marriages that caused a scandal in the age of enlightenment: the first with Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko - a swinger and homosexual and the second with Józef Rogaliński - a much younger materialist. The key element of the biography is the duchess's departure to Pomerania, where she found shelter and peace during the Bar Confederation. The disputed issue of the location of her palace in her hometown of Gdansk, whose incorrect address is reproduced by many researchers, is resolved. In addition, the issue of the activities of Princess Konstancja - philanthropic and cultural - related to the involvement in the work of the enlightenment social and literary salon of Barbara Sanguszkowa, created in Gdansk modeled on the Warsaw salons, which gathered the most eminent representative of the era, is raised.
Source: Przegląd Zachodniopomorski
Author: Weronika Płomin-Warkusz
Institution: University of Gdańsk
Language: Polish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3134693096