Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski

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Prince
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
Maria Zofia Sieniawska

Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1 December 1734 – 19 March 1823) was an influential

General Confederation of Kingdom of Poland.[2][3]

Biography

Early life

He was the son of Prince

Izabela Fleming on 18 November 1761, in Wołczyn, Poland
.

Political career

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
, 1793

A member of the

Familia, in 1763 he declined to be a candidate for the Polish crown, preferring instead to be a patron of the arts, and withdrawing in favor of Stanisław August Poniatowski.[4] With his wife, Izabela Czartoryska, he created at the Czartoryski Palace in Puławy
a major center of Polish intellectual and political life.

He served from 1758 as general

Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony to support the Commonwealth and accept its throne (after Poniatowski's future death).[4] He refused to join the Targowica Confederation
established to bring the Constitution down.

He received the Order of the White Eagle on 25 November 1764.

He was

General Confederation of Kingdom of Poland
.

Czartoryski Palace at Puławy

Remembrance

He is one of the figures immortalized in

Constitution of May 3, 1791
.

Awards

Temple of the Sibyl, Izabela Czartoryska's museum at Puławy

Works

Czartoryski was an author of numerous comedies and plays.[4] He has also written a critical essay on contemporary Polish literature, Myśli o pismach polskich [Thoughts on Polish Writings] (1810).[5]

  • Panna na wydaniu (1771).
  • Katechizm kadecki (The Cadet's Catechism, 1774).
  • Kawa (Coffee, 1779).
  • Myśli o pismach polskich [Thoughts on Polish Writings] (1810).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Czartoryski Adam Kazimierz - Encyklopedia - Onet.pl Portal wiedzy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-24.
  2. ^ "Adam Kazimierz, Prince Czartoryski | Polish prince". 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Szkolne Schronisko Młodzieżowe w Puławach".
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4
    . Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ISBN 978-90-420-0933-2
    . Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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