Andrzej Poniatowski

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Andrzej Poniatowski
Noble Family	Poniatowski
Coat of Arms	Ciołek
Parents	Stanisław Poniatowski Konstancja Czartoryska
Consorts	Maria Teresa Kinsky
Children	with Maria Teresa Kinsky Maria Teresa Poniatowska Józef Antoni Poniatowski
Date of Birth	July 16, 1735
Place of Birth	?
Date of Death	March 3, 1773
Place of Death	Vienna

Prince Andrzej Poniatowski (1735-1773) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), General and Field Marshal.

Andrzej was son of Stanisław Poniatowski, brother of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski of Poland and father of Józef Antoni Poniatowski.

He became starost of Pieńsk, Lieutenant General in 1760 and Field Marshal in 1771 in Austrian service and disguised himself during the Seven Years' War. In 1764 he came back to Poland and supported his brother in the free election for the Polish throne. The Coronation Sejm awarded him the Polish title of prince, Empress Maria Theresa in 1765 the Bohemian title of prince, and Emperor Joseph II the Austrian title of prince.

[edit] Awards

• Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1766.