Kilka niepoważnych anegdot o poważnej miłości. Wspomnienie o Karolu Chłapowskim .......... 269

A FEW UNSERIOUS ANECDOTES ON A SERIOUS LOVE: A REMINISCENCE OF KAROL CHŁAPOWSKI

This biographical article about Karol Chłapowski (1841–1914), bearer of the Dryja coat of arms, combines factual data with anecdotes from the lives of Karol and Helena Chłapowski. Information about his origins, family, education, and participation in the January Uprising is interwoven with memoiristic recollections that reveal his personality and character of the story’s protagonist. Often relegated to the background of his celebrated wife’s legacy—even by family chroniclers—Karol Chłapowski is presented here as a versatile, remarkably cultured and educated, open-minded man, with a firm yet very kind character, as well as unwavering principles and convictions.