Konstancja z Denhoffów Sanguszkowa (1716–1791). Przypomnienie życiorysu księżnej, która znalazła schronienie na Pomorzu w burzliwych czasach konfederacji barskiej
Konstancja Sanguszko née Denhoff (1716–1791): Revisiting the Biography of the Countess Who Found Shelter in Pomerania in the Turbulent Times of the Bar Confederation

Summary/Abstract: An inspiration for reminding the fate of Konstancja Sanguszko née Denhoff were two panegyrics devoted to her, written by an anonymous author in the second half of the 18th century: the ode Wiersze z okazji iluminacji wieczornej, published by Edmund Kotarski who assumed that it was the only literary piece dedicated to the countess, and a large birthday print Rok nieśmiertelności, discovered by this author. The article provides a reconstruction of the countess’ biography based on the memoirs. It describes the history of her two unhappy and controversial marriages which aroused scandal in the age of Enlightenment: the first one with Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko, a reveller and a homosexual, and the second with Józef Rogaliński, many years her junior materialist.The key element of her biography is a journey to Pomerania, where in the times of the Bar Confederation she found shelter and peace. Settled was the debated question of the location of her palace in Gdańsk, mistakenly pointed to by many researchers. Furthermore, a philanthropic and cultural activity of the countess was discussed, undertaken by her as part of the works of the Enlightenment social-literary salon of Barbara Sanguszko, established in Gdańsk on the model of the Warsaw saloons, which gathered the most eminent personages of the time.

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