Karolina Lanckorońska

1898 - 2002

country of citizenship: Poland

languages spoken, written or signed: Polish

educated at: Lviv University, University of Vienna

occupation: art historian, pedagogue, writer, university teacher, medievalist, librarian, art collector

award received: Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Armia Krajowa Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Polonia Mater Nostra Est

Countess Karolina Maria Adelajda Franciszka Ksawera Małgorzata Edina Lanckorońska (Polish pronunciation: [ka.rɔˈlʲi.na lant͡skɔˈrɔɲska] 11 August 1898 — 25 August 2002) was a Polish noble, World War II resistance fighter, philanthropist, and historian. Lanckorońska bequeathed her family's enormous art collection to Poland only after her homeland became free from communism and Soviet domination during the Revolutions of 1989. The Lanckoronski Collection may now, for the most part, be seen in Warsaw's Royal Castle and Kraków's Wawel Castle. Source: Wikipedia (en)