Unieważnienie małżeństwa Teresy Heleny i Józefa Maksymiliana Ossolińskich w świetle niepublikowanej korespondencji ich bliskich
Teresa Helena and Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński’s Marriage Annulment in the Light of Unpublished Correspondence of Their Relatives

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the annulment of Teresa Helena de domo Jabłonowska and Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński’s marriage that lasted from 1785 to 1792. The material on which the study is prepared is manuscript 4172 from the Ossolineum Library. Apart from the copies of divorce papers, it contains seven unpublished to this day letters connected with the event. Their alleged authors are Teresa Helena Ossolińska, de domo Jabłonowska, and other figures closely related to her, namely her grandmother Teresa Ossolińska, née Lanckorońska, her mother Katarzyna Jabłonowska, Ludwika Jabłonowska (her sister), Franciszek Ksawery Jabłonowski (her brother), her future husband Ignacy Trzebiński, and the priest Wojciech Milkiewicz, a priest of the parish of Zgórsko. An analysis of the small collection of letters allows to insight into the trial from Ossolińska’s viewpoint, to sketch the chronology of the events, to insight into the emotions that accompanied Ossolińska, as well as her mental state at that time. It also allows to verify the pieces of information about the divorce present in the literature related to Ossoliński, as well as to correct biographical facts from Ossolińska’s life and with people connected with her. An edition of the letters is an integral part of the article.

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