Kazimierz Poniatowski
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Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish nobleperson, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), Lieutenant general of the Royal Polish forces, generał wojsk koronnych. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1744 in Warsaw.
Early life
He was the eldest of eight surviving children of
He was a great-grandson of the poet, courtier and alleged traitor, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn and through his great-grandmother, Catherine Gordon, lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Louise Gonzaga, he was related to the House of Stuart and thereby connected to the leading families of Scotland, Spain and France.[1][2]
Career
In the 18th-century the Poniatowski family had achieved high rank among the Polish nobility (szlachta).
He was created Prince by his brother, King
Personal life
On 21 January 1751 he married Apolonia Ustrzycka (1736–1814), a daughter of Bazyli Ustrzycki, castellan of Przemyśl, and widow of Prince Antoni Lubomirski. Together, they had one son and two daughters:
- Cassandra Luci.
- Princess Katarzyna Poniatowska (1756–1773), who died young.
- Princess Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, in 1775; she was one of the closest friends of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord.
Prince Kazimierz died in Warsaw on 13 April 1800.
References
- ^ F. de Callières, Sztuka dyplomacji..., p. 12–16
- ^ M. Dernałowicz, Portret Familii, p. 7.
- ^ biogram z XVII tomu Polskiego Słownika Biograficznego autorstwa Zofii Zielińskiej
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