A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Czartoryski, Isabella, Princess
CZARTORYSKI, ISABELLA PRINCESS,
Wife of Prince Adam Czartoryski, was born in Warsaw about the year 1743. She was a lady of refined and cultivated taste in literature, and a lover of nature. Her first published work was on "Gardens," magnificently illustrated, in which she displayed her peculiar talents, and gave much valuable information. She embellished the grounds of her beautiful residence at Pulaway according to the principles set forth in her work, but she did not enjoy it long: it was confiscated to the Russians. She afterwards wrote "The Pilgrim of Doramil," based on Polish history, and intended to promote morality, which work has been much admired. Her daughter has written several excellent stories, depicting the manners and domestic life of the Polish peasantry. Princess Czartoryski died in 1835. Her family is a branch of the Jagellons, rightful heirs to the hereditary throne of Poland.