House of Czartoryski

The Czartoryski, feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy (Ukrainian:Чарторийські, Chartoryisky; Чорторийські, Chortoryisky; Lithuanian:Čartoriskiai) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian-Ruthenian origin also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dynasty, by the mid-17th century had split into two branches, based in the Klevan Castle and the Korets Castle, respectively. They used the Czartoryski coat of arms and were a noble family of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century.