Kazimierz Poniatowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kazimierz Poniatowski

Polish noble

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1721

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1800

Profession: writer, diplomat, painter

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Kazimierz Poniatowski

  • Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish Szlachcic, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), Lieutenant general of the Royal Polish forces, general wojsk koronnych.
  • Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1744 in Warsaw. He was the eldest of eight surviving children of Princess Konstancja Czartoryska and of Count Stanislaw Poniatowski, Ciolek coat of arms, Castellan of Kraków.
  • His siblings were: Canon Franciszek Poniatowski (1723-1749), canon of Krakow Cathedral who suffered from Epilepsy Aleksander Poniatowski (1725-1744), officer killed in the Rhineland-Palatinate during the War of the Austrian Succession Ludwika Zamoyska (1728-1804) Izabella Branicka (1730-1808) Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski (1732-1798), King of Poland and Grand duke of Lithuania (1764-1795) Andrzej Poniatowski (1734–1773), an Austrian Feldmarschall Michal Jerzy Poniatowski (1736–94), Primate of PolandHe 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.
  • In the 18th-century the Poniatowski family had achieved high rank among the Polish nobility (szlachta). He was created Prince by his brother, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski on 4 December 1764.
  • After the First Partition of Poland (1772), he sold off his Podkomorzy title, played no further part in politics and joined the "high life".
  • He was considered a model of a "wastrel".On 21 January 1751 he married Apollonia Ustrzycka (17 January 1736 – 1814), by whom he had one son and two daughters: Prince Stanislaw Poniatowski (1754–1833) Princess Katarzyna Poniatowska (25 August 1756 – March 1773) Princess Konstancja Poniatowska (2 March 1759 – 1830), who on 4 April 1775 married Ludwik Tyszkiewicz (1748 – 1808), hetman polny litewski i marszalek wielki litewski

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