Feliks Kazimierz Potocki

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Feliks Kazimierz Potocki
Feliks Kazimierz Potocki
Noble Family Potocki
Coat of Arms Piława
Parents Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki
Zofia Kalinowska
Consorts Krystyna Lubomirska
Konstancja Roża Łos
Children with Krystyna Lubomirska
Michał Potocki
Marianna Potocka
Jozef Potocki
Stanisław Potocki
Jerzy Potocki
Date of Birth Abt. 1630
Place of Birth  ?
Date of Death 1702
Place of Death  ?

Feliks Kazimierz "Szczęsny" Potocki (1630-1702) was a Polish noble, magnate and military leader.

He was the son of Hetman and magnate Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki and Zofia Kalinowska, and brother of Hetman Andrzej Potocki. He married the daughter of Hetman and Marshal of the Crown Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, Princess Krystyna Lubomirska, in 1661. Shortly before his death he married again, in 1700, his second wife being Konstancja Roża Łos.

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He was Podstoli of the Crown from 1663, voivode of Sieradz Voivodship from 1669, Kijów Voivodship from 1682, Kraków Voivodship from 1683, Field Crown Hetman from 1692, castellan of Kraków and Great Crown Hetman from 1702.

Starost of Bełz, Krasnystaw, Hrubieszów, Ropczyce, Sokal, Tłumacz and Nisko.

He fought in wars against Cossacks, Sweden, Transylvania and Muscovy from 1655 to 1664. As the Marshal of the Election Sejm on May 2 - June 19, 1669 in Warsaw, he contributed to the election of Michal Korybut Wisniowiecki as King of Poland.

He become famous in the Chocim expedition in 1673. He signed the Election of Jan Sobieski as King of Poland and participated in the Vienna expedition in 1683 during Great Turkish War. He fought against Tatars and Turks in many battles. In 1698 the Polish army under his command, completely smashed the Tatar expedition to Poland in the battle of Podhajce.


 
Great Crown Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Mikołaj Kamieniecki | Mikołaj Firlej | Jan Tarnowski | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Jerzy Jazłowiecki | Mikołaj Mielecki | Jan Zamoyski | Stanisław Żółkiewski | Stanisław Koniecpolski | Mikołaj Potocki | Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki | Jan Sobieski | Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki | Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski | Feliks Kazimierz Potocki | Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski | Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski | Józef Potocki | Jan Klemens Branicki | Wacław Rzewuski | Franciszek Ksawery Branicki | Piotr Ożarowski



 
Field Crown Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Jan Koła | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Jerzy Jazłowiecki | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Żółkiewski | Stanisław Koniecpolski | Marcin Kazanowski | Mikołaj Potocki | Marcin Kalinowski | Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki | Stanisław Lanckoroński | Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski | Stefan Czarniecki | Jan Sobieski | Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki | Stanisław Jabłonowski | Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski | Andrzej Potocki | Feliks Kazimierz Potocki | Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski | Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski | Stanisław Chomętowski | Jan Klemens Branicki | Wacław Rzewuski | Franciszek Ksawery Branicki | Seweryn Rzewuski


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