Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński

Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński
A woman with short black hair arranged in curls is wearing a yellow dress. She is seated with one hand resting on a dog's head, the other holding a pair of glasses.
Coat of arms Pogoń Ruska
Wife Zofia Barbara Przeździecka h. Pierzchała
Family Czetwertyński
Father Włodzimierz Ludwik Stanisław Światopełk-Czetwertyński
Mother Maria Wanda Felicja Urska h. Sas
Born 18 April 1873
Warsaw
Died 19 June 1945(1945-06-19) (aged 72)
Edinburgh

Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈvɛrɨn franˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ɕfjaˈtɔpɛwk t͡ʂɛtvɛrˈtɨɲskʲi]; b. 18 April 1873 in Warsaw – 19 June 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a Polish landowner and politician.

As a student in Riga, he studied at the Riga Technical University and was a member of the Polish student fraternity Arkonia.

He went on to become a member of the Russian Duma in 1906 and the Sejm from 1919 until 1935. During World War II, he was a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was interred at both the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps.



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