Gałąź prawosławna i kalwińska Krasińskich herbu Ślepowron z Krasnego
The Orthdox and Calvinist Branch of the Krasiński Family Bearing the Ślepowron Coat of Arms, Originating in Krasne

Summary/Abstract: Aleksander Krasiński settled down in the Duchy of Moscow where he converted into Orthodox denomination. Bazyli, Aleksander’s son, was also an Orthodox, just like his father. He returned to Poland and on 22 June 1667 he requested for the Polish Parliament to grant him the status of an exile. Bazyli’s son, Tomasz Krasiński, Stolnik – Pantler of Ciechanów, was most probably an Orthodox, just as his father and grandfather were. Mikołaj Krasiński, the son of Tomasz decided to convert to Calvinism. We know about the Calvinist denomination of Mikołaj Krasiński from baptism records maintained in the Evangelical Reformed parishes in Słuck and in Ostaszyn. These baptism registers were then transferred to the archives of the Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Wilno (Vilnius). We have an almost absolute certainty that Mikołaj initiated the Calvinist branch of the Krasińskis of Ślepowron coat of arms. Descendants of the Krasińskis’ Calvinist branch were Jan Krasiński, born around 1728, and Bogusław Krasiński, son of Mikołaj, born around 1729. Another descendant of the Krasińskis’ Calvinist branch was Tomasz, son of the Starost of Homel. One of the most outstanding representatives of the Calvinist branch of the Krasiński family is the Count of Walerian Skorobohaty Krasiński (1795–1855).

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