Kazimierz Krasiński
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| Kazimierz Krasiński | ||
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| Noble Family | Krasiński | |
| Coat of Arms | Ślepowron | |
| Parents | Antoni Krasinski Barbara Zielinska |
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| Consorts | Eustachia Potocka Elżbieta Potocka Anna Ossolińska |
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| Children | with Anna Ossolińska Jan Wawrzyniec Krasiński Elźbieta Krasińska |
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| Date of Birth | 1725 | |
| Place of Birth | ? | |
| Date of Death | September 25, 1802 | |
| Place of Death | ? | |
Count Kazimierz Krasiński (1725-1802) was a Polish noble, politician and patron of art.
The last Grand Camp Leader of the Crown (since 1763) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Chamberlain of King Stanisław Leszczyński and starost of Krasnystaw and Nowe Miasto Korczyn.
In the youth he stayed on the court of King Louis XV and then educated on the Military Cadet School of Stanisław Leszczyński in Luneville.
He was Marshal of the Sejm (ordinary) on September 30 - November 9, 1782 in Warsaw.
During the Four-Year Sejm in 1788, he was a member of the Military Commission of the Commonwealth and a supporter of the 3rd May Constitution.
He financed and participated in the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. After the Partitions of Poland, he patronized Polish independence organisations and financed scientific publications and printing of books.
He was also a benefactor of the church.
[edit] Awards
- Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1763.
Mikołaj Sienicki • Lew Sapieha • Paweł Orzechowski • Krzysztof Wiesiołowski • Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski • Jakub Sobieski • Stefan Pac • Jerzy Ossoliński • Krzysztof Radziwiłł • Mikołaj Ostroróg • Kazimierz Lew Sapieha • Łukasz Opaliński • Bogusław Leszczyński • Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski • Hieronim Radziejowski • Wincenty Gosiewski • Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro • Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac • Jan Kazimierz Umiastowski • Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł • Jan Wielopolski • Jan Chryzostom Pieniążek • Feliks Kazimierz Potocki • Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski • Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski • Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski • Stanisław Antoni Szczuka • Krzysztof Stanisław Zawisza • Jan Szembek • Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki • Stanisław Denhoff • Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński • Teodor Lubomirski • Michał Józef Massalski • Wacław Rzewuski • Tadeusz Franciszek Ogiński • Antoni Benedykt Lubomirski • Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski • Jacek Małachowski • Celestyn Czaplic • Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł • Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł • Andrzej Mokronowski • Kazimierz Krasiński • Stanisław Małachowski • Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha
