Roman Ignacy Potocki

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Roman Ignacy Potocki
Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki
Noble Family Potocki
Coat of Arms Piława
Parents Eustachy Potocki
Marianna Kątska
Consorts Elżbieta Lubomirska
Children with Elżbieta Lubomirska
Krystyna Potocka
Date of Birth February 28, 1750
Place of Birth Radzyn Podlaski
Date of Death August 30, 1809
Place of Death Vienna

Count Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki (generally known as Ignacy Potocki, 1750-1809), brother of Stanisław Kostka Potocki, was a member of the Polish gentry, owner of Klementowice, Marshal of the Permanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) in 1778-1782, Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1773, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1783, Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 16 April 1791 to 1794, and a politician and writer.

He was an alumnus of the Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw, Poland, and later studied theology and law in Rome. As a member (1772-1791) of Poland's Commission for National Education (Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)– the world's first ministry of education – he presided over the Society for Elementary Textbooks (Towarzystwo do Ksiąg Elementarnych).

De facto head of the "Familia" and at first an opponent of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, during the Four-Year Sejm (1788-1792) Potocki backed the King and was a leader of the Patriotic Party and the reform movement. An advocate of a pro-Prussian orientation, he helped conclude an alliance (March 29, 1790) with Prussia. He co-authored the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791.

Following the victory of the Targowica Confederation and the abrogation of the May 3rd Constitution, Potocki emigrated from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He co-authored a work with Hugo Kołłątaj, On the Adoption and Fall of the Polish May 3rd Constitution (O ustanowieniu i upadku Konstytucji Polskiej 3-go Maja, 1793).

Potocki participated in preparations for the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794, in which he served as a member of the Supreme National Council (Rada Najwyższa Narodowa). Upon suppression of the Uprising, he was imprisoned by the Tsarist Russian authorities.

Released in 1796, Potocki settled in Galicja (southern Poland) and devoted himself to historical studies.

He married Elżbieta Lubomirska in 1773. He was awarded the Order of the White Eagle in 1778.


 
Grand Marshals of Lithuania of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Marshal staffs

Stanisław Czupuruna | Rumbold Wolimuntowicz | Radziwiłł Ościkowicz | Piotr Montygerdowicz | Marcin Gesztołd | Bohdan Andrzej Sakowicz | Piotr Jan Montygerdowicz | Jan Jurjewicz Zabrzeziński | Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł | Mikołaj Jan Kiezgajło | Stanislaw Piotr Kiszka | Jan Mikolaj Radziwill | Jan Zabrzezinski | Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł | Jan Hieronim Chodkiewicz | Mikołaj "the Orphan" Radziwiłł | Albrycht Radziwiłł | Stanisław Radziwiłł | Krzysztof Monwind Drohostajski | Piotr Wiesiołowski | Jan Stanisław Sapieha | Krzysztof Wiesiołowski | Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł | Krzysztof Zawisza | Aleksander Hilary Polubinski | Stanislaw Kazimierz Radziwill | Jan Karol Dolski | Janusz Antoni Wisniowiecki | Aleksander Pawel Sapieha | Kazimierz Antoni Sanguszko | Marcjan Dominik Wollowicz | Aleksander Pawel Sapieha | Pawel Karol Sanguszko | Ignacy Oginski | Jozef Paulin Sanguszko | Wladyslaw Roch Gurowski | Roman Ignacy Potocki | Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz



 
Court Marshals of Lithuania of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Marshal staffs

Michał Gliński | Jerzy Iwan Ilinicz | Jerzy Mikołaj Radziwiłł | Iwan Hornostaj | Ostafi Wołłowicz | Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł | Albrycht Radziwiłł | Mikołaj Talwosz | Krzysztof Monwind Drohostajski | Piotr Wiesiołowski | Jan Stanisław Sapieha | Krzysztof Wiesiołowski | Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł | Kazimierz Leon Sapieha | Antoni Jan Tyszkiewicz | Krzysztof Zawisza | Teodor Aleksander Lacki | Józef Bogusław Słuszka | Jan Karol Dolski | Aleksander Paweł Sapieha | Kazimierz Michał Pac | Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki | Józef Wandalin Mniszek | Kazimierz Michał Pac | Paweł Karol Sapieha | Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł | Ignacy Anicenta Kieżgajło Zawisza | Ferdynand Fabian Plater | Józef Scipo del Campio | Ignacy Ogiński | Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko | Józef Paulin Sanguszko | Władysław Roch Gurowski | Michał Jerzy Mniszech | Roman Ignacy Potocki | Stanisław Pereświet Sołtan | Michał Gielgud


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