Portrait painting of Eleonora Fihauser née <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lanckoro%C5%84ski_family" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lanckoroński family">Lanckorońska</a> (1777-1850) which hangs in the former Fihauser Manor at Fałkowice, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gd%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gdów">Gdów</a>, now referred to as ‘Dwór Habichtów’ - this painting bears a strong resemblance to a portrait of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Katarzyna_Branicka" class="extiw" title="w:en:Katarzyna Branicka">Katarzyna Potocka, née Branicka</a> (1825-1907) painted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Franz Xaver Winterhalter)">Franz Xaver Winterhalter</a>.  In 1805 Eleonora married Andrzej Fihauser (1765-1828), heir to the Manor at Fałkowice, son of Idzi and Elżbieta Marynowska (m 1750) and grandson of Walenty Fihauser and Barbara Trzebuchowska. Andrzej’s brother Antoni (1763-1810) and Anastasia Celińską had five children including sons Karol and Henryk (1801-1858), and many grandchildren including (via Karol and Apolonię Szczudło) Zygmunt (1836-1869) and Leokadia (1841-1897) who are both buried beside the Gdów Cemetery Chapel, (via Henryk and Eleanor Wojnarowicz, 1817-1876) Wanda (b 1835) who married Wilhelm Habichta, Róża (b 1842), Stanisława (b 1843), Alfred (1845-1863) and Czesław (1848-1867) who both took part in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:January_Uprising" class="extiw" title="w:en:January Uprising">January Uprising</a> in which Alfred was killed and Czesław severely wounded.
<br>Eleonora, daughter of a rich count of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Zadora_coat_of_arms" class="extiw" title="w:en:Zadora coat of arms">coat of arms Zadora</a>, was a generous patron of the Gdów Church and funded the major extension undertaken by ks Ludwik Kusionowicz, who chronicled the historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Gd%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Gdów">Battle of Gdów</a> in 1846, as well as the building of the Cemetery Chapel under which both Eleonora and Ludwik are buried in a ‘hidden crypt’. The Fihauser family financial support of the church ensued from their purchase of the Fałkowice Estate from Maria Lubomirska in 1782, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:House_of_Lubomirski" class="extiw" title="w:en:House of Lubomirski">Lubomirski family</a> also being generous benefactors throughout generations of its distinguished history. Notably, while the Fihauser and Habicht families both had German ancestries, their descendants also fought valiantly for Poland’s independence.<br><span style="color:blue;"><i>The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scotch_Mist/People" title="User:Scotch Mist/People">Scotch Mist Gallery</a> contains photographs of historic buildings, monuments, memorials and people of Poland.</i></span>
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