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5 unusual facts about Edward Raczyński


Edward Raczyński

Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847–1926) grandson of E. Raczyński, founder of the famous Raczyński Art Gallery in Rogalin

Edward Bernard Raczyński son of E. A. Raczyński, Polish aristocrat, diplomat, politician and the President of Poland in exile (between 1979 and 1986).

Kazimierz Sabbat

He became President of the Republic of Poland (in Exile) in 1986 succeeding Edward Raczyński.

Polish government-in-exile

It formed a Council of National Unity in July 1954, and set up a Council of Three to exercise the functions of head of state, comprising Tomasz Arciszewski, General Władysław Anders, and Edward Raczyński.

St. John Cantius High School, Poznań, Poland

It was founded in 1920 by Gotthilf Berger, Edward Raczyński and Hipolit Cegielski, in place of the German-language high school previously known as Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium, in honor of Frederick III.


Jan Kowalewski

On March 6, 1944 Sir Alexander Cadogan of the Foreign Office informed the Polish minister of foreign affairs Edward Raczyński that Kowalewski's contacts with the opposing powers could be treated as treachery and that he should be dismissed.


see also

Raczynski

Raczyński Library in Poznań, founded by Edward Raczyński (1786–1845), in Poznań