Witold Leon Czartoryski

Who was Witold Leon Czartoryski?

Prince Witold Leon Karol Adam Jarosław Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish noble and landowner. He served as the general commissar of Galicia and Lodomeria from the end of Russian occupation in 1917 to full incorporation as part of Poland on 1 November 1918. He was a hereditary member of the Austrian House of Lords from 1908 and an elected Senator of the Polish Republic

Witold became owner of Pełkinie, Wiązownica, Konarzewo, Byliny estates in Poland and Weinhaus in Vienna.

Witold was a well known horse racing enthusiast. He set up a world renowned hot bloods stud in Pełkinie, which bred the remarkable Arabian horses Czubuthan, Babolna, Ba-Ida, Kasmira and Aeniza.