Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

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Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
Noble Family	Zamoyski
Coat of Arms	Jelita
Parents	Stanislaw Kostka Zamoyski Konstancja Czartoryska
Consorts	Róża Potocka
Children	with Róża Potocka Zofia Zamoyska Wladyslaw Zamoyski Jerzy Zamoyski Cecylia Zamoyska Jan Michal Zamoyski Stanislaw Antoni Zamoyski Róza Zamoyska Andrzej Antoni Zamoyski Zdzislaw Zamoyski
Date of Birth	April 2, 1800
Place of Birth	Vienna
Date of Death	October 29, 1874
Place of Death	Kraków

Count Andrzej Artur Zamoyski (1800-1874) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), landowner, political and economic activist.

Andrzej organized meetings of landowners (Klemensowczycy) on his property in Klemensow in the Polish (Congress) Kingdom. In 1842 he became co-publisher of the "Rocznik Gospodarstwa Krajowego" (economy yearbook). In 1848 Andrzej founded the "Steamer Martime Company" and became a monopolist for transportation on the Vistula river. He also founded a manufacture and produced steam and barge ships. He was the initiator and the chairman of the "Agriculture Society".

He was an opponent of Aleksander Wielopolski and a main figure of the "Biali" (political fraction). In September 1863 exiled he settled in France. In 1872 Andrzej became member of the Polish Academy of Skills.