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Krasiński (sometimes spelled Krasinsky, if originally transliterated from Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian) is a surname of Polish, or generally Slavic, origin.
In its feminine version, the Polish surname becomes Krasińska, and the Russian or Belarusian surname may become Krasinskaya.
Krasiński family
editKrasiński family is a Polish noble family. Notable members of the Krasiński family may include:
- Adam Stanisław Krasiński (1714–1800), Polish noble and bishop
- Elżbieta Krasińska-Jaraczewska (1791–1832), Polish writer
- Franciszka Krasińska (1742–1796), Polish noblewoman and wife of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland
- Jan Dobrogost Krasiński (1639–1717), Polish noble and politician
- Jan Kazimierz Krasiński (1607–1669), Polish noble and courtier
- Jan Krasiński (1756–1790), Polish noble and military commander
- Ludwik Krasiński (1609–1644), Polish noble and military commander
- Kazimierz Krasiński (1725–1802), Count, Polish noble, politician and patron of arts
- Maria Ludwika Krasińska (1883–1958), Polish noble, major heiress
- Marya Krasińska (1850–1884), Polish noble and landowner
- Michał Hieronim Krasiński (1712–1784), Polish noble and politician
- Stanisław Krasiński (c. 1558 – 1617), Polish noble and governor
- Stanisław Krasiński (1585–1649), Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, jurist, member of parliament
- Walerian Krasiński (1795–1855), Polish historian and jurnalist
- Wincenty Krasiński (1782–1858), Count, Polish noble, military commander, senator, father of the poet Zygmunt Krasiński
- Władysław Krasiński (1844–1873), Count, Polish noble, son of the poet Zygmunt Krasiński
- Zofia Krasińska (died 1642 or 1643), Polish noble lady
- Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859), Polish romantic poet
Other people named Krasinski / Krasinsky
edit- Georgij A. Krasinsky (1939–2011), Russian astronomer
- Peter Krasinski (born 1957), American actor, silent film accompanist, film music advisor, music educator, choral director and organist
- John Krasinski (born 1979), American actor
- Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), Russian prima ballerina of Polish origin, a.k.a. Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya
See also
edit- 5714 Krasinsky, a minor planet named after Georgij Al'bertovich Krasinsky
- Krasiński Palace, a baroque palace on Krasiński Square in Warsaw, Poland
- Krasiński Square, a square in the central district of Warsaw, Poland
- Krasiński Library, a former library in Warsaw
- Krasinsky, Volgograd Oblast, rural locality in Solontsovskoye Rural Settlement, Russia
- The Legend of Madame Krasinska, 1903 book of Vernon Lee
- Karasiński