Everything about Joanna Grudzi Ska totally explained
Joanna Grudzińska (May 17, 1795,
Poznań - November 17, 1831,
Tsarskoye Selo) was a
Polish noble, a
Duchess of Łowicz and the second wife of
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, the
de facto viceroy of the
Kingdom of Poland. This marriage cost Constantine the crown of Russia.
One of three daughters of
Antoni Grudziński, the last owner of the town of
Chodzież, Grudzińska was known for her beauty. On May 27, 1820, she married Grand Duke Constantine after an affair that started in
1815. Marriage required Constantine to formally divorce with
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, his estranged wife (who separated and fled to
Coburg back in
1801). Prior to approval of this marriage,
Tsar Alexander I forced Constantine, then
heir presumptive, to forfeit his rights to the throne of Russia in favor of
Nicholas I. Secrecy of this decision, known to a very close circle in
Saint Petersburg, contributed to the
Decembrist revolt of
1825 that followed Alexander's death.
After the marriage (July 8, 1820), Alexander styled Joanna
Duchess of Lovich. A
Russian Imperial Navy frigate, named in her honour (
Knyaginya Lovich, Княгиня Лович) was launched in
1828 and served in
Mediterranean Sea fleet during
Greek War of Independence and
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829).
By some considered a traitor, Joanna remained faithful to her husband even after the
November Uprising in which he fought against his Polish subjects. Interestingly, her twin sister
Maria was married to Gen.
Dezydery Chłapowski, one of the most notable Polish commanders during the Uprising; another sister married an officer of Russian tsar's
retinue.
In June, 1831, Constantine died of
cholera in
Vitebsk, shortly before their planned evacuation to Saint Petersburg. Joanna delivered his body to Saint Petersburg, and died the same year. She was buried in
Tsarskoye Selo; in 1929 her remnants were exhumed and reburied in the grave of her sister and Gen. Chłapowski in Rąbin near
Leszno.
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