Rozalia Lubomirska (1768 – 1794). Polish noblewoman.
She was born Countess Rozalia Chodkiewicz in Chernobyl, which is now in Ukraine.
In 1787 she married Prince Aleksander Lubomirski and a year later she bore their daughter, Aleksandra.
Known for her beauty, Rozalia travelled to France, where she was rumoured to have some romantic affairs. Unhappy in her marriage, she decided to divorce her husband and did not accompany him on his way back to Poland. During the Revolution she was arrested along with her child, and tried for alleged conspiracy against the Revolution, and cooperation with the royalists. As a result, the 26-year-old princess was sentenced to death and soon beheaded by guillotine, although her guilt was, and remained, widely questioned.
Following Rozalia's death, her daughter, Aleksandra Lubomirska, was released from prison and given under the guardianship of Izabella Leżeńska.
After her death, Rozalia became the subject of legends. According to one, her ghost appears in the Lubomirski's palace in Opole Lubelskie. The writer Adolf Dygasiński claimed he saw her ghost.
- "The duchess was a beautiful woman with a magnificent figure, blue eyes and red hair." https://palacrozalin.pl/en/about-us/
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