Augustyn Józef Czartoryski


Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski was a Polish noble. He was the son of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski and Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska.
After the death of his father, Prince Augustyn took over the running of the Family Museum and became ordynat of the Sieniawa Ordynacja properties. On 12 August 1937, he married Princess Maria de los Dolores of Borbon y Orleans, daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Princess Louise of Orléans.
Due to the prospect of war, the most precious objects were transported to Sieniawa Palace and walled up:
During his exile in Spain Prince Augustyn was very active in the Polish resistance, but his poor health and his desperation had its toll on his life. He died at the age of 39, leaving his young son Adam Karol to be brought up in Spain.
In 1946, Prince Augustyn died and was buried in the crypt of the Silesian Church in Seville, Spain, along his son Ludwik Piotr who died at the age of one.