Royal Casket

The Royal Casket (Polish: Szkatuła Królewska) was a memorial created in 1800 by Izabela Czartoryska.

The large wooden casket contained 73 precious relics[1] that had once belonged to Polish royalty.

The casket was inscribed: "Polish mementos assembled in 1800 by Izabela Czartoryska".

When World War II broke out, it was transported together with the rich collection of the Czartoryski Museum to Sieniawa and hidden in a repository, in a palace outbuilding, which was later bricked up.

However, the German owner of a mill who worked for the Czartoryski family betrayed the hiding place to Wehrmacht soldiers, who entered Sieniawa on 14 September 1939.