Dzieje przecławskiej linni hrabiów Wielopolskich w XIX - XX w.
The history of the line of Przecław earls of Greater Poland in the 19th and 20th centures - a general outline

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of the side, earl’s family line of the Wielopolski margrave in 19th and 20th centuries. Their material situation as land owners is presented, with a reference to their economic difficulties linked with the adaptation to capitalist transformations in Kingdom of Poland and later on in the Second Polish Republic. The article shows various forms of measures taken by the Wielkopolski family to maintain their high social status, e.g. through marriages with wealthy bourgeois families: the Laski and Halpert-Skanderberg family. The example of the Wielkopolski family points to the activation of the landed gentry at the turn of the 19th and 20th century when it comes to their economic activity other than farming. The article also tries to address the issue of the presence of the earl’s family in the political life of Kingdom of Poland (and their significant rile in the local conservative conciliatory environment).

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