Andrzej Potocki
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Andrzej Potocki (Polish pronunciation: nobleman, magnate, politician, general and military commander.[1] He held a number of political and military positions and was a skilled commander and successfully protected the Eastern Borderlands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the invading armies of Ottoman Turkey, Cossacks and Tatars.
Biography
Andrzej Potocki was the son of
Śniatyń, Kołomyja
, Mościsk and Medyka.
After his death in 1691, Potocki was buried in the city of
Ukrainian communists
after 1963.
Bibliography
- Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 27 s. 773
See also
- Ivano-Frankivsk (formerly Stanisławów)
- Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki
- House of Potocki
- Szlachta