Adam Ludwik Czartoryski

Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski (5 November 1872 – 29 June 1937) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, and patron of the arts. He was the son of Prince Władysław Czartoryski and Princess Marguerite Adélaïde Marie of Orléans. Biography Adam Ludwik was born in 1872. He became the head of the Czartoryski family after the death of his father in 1894. In 1897 he became Ordynat of the Sieniawa Ordynacja property. Capital assets were estimated at 4.5 million Austrian Crowns, which did not include the Family Collections. In 1899 Countess Izabela Działyńska, his aunt, left the Gołuchów Castle and estates to him and his brother Witold. In the same year Ludwik acquired many Greek objects during his travel to Japan. In 1901 he married Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska. His young wife took over the direction of affairs with tremendous determination, being a great heiress in her own right. In 1911 his brother Witold died and left Adam Czartoryski all his inheritance.