Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

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Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
Noble Family	Zamoyski
Coat of Arms	Jelita
Parents	Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski Konstancja Czartoryska
Consorts	Róża Potocka
Children	with Róża Potocka: Zofia Zamoyska Władysław Zamoyski Jerzy Zamoyski Cecylia Zamoyska Jan Michał Zamoyski Stanisław Antoni Zamoyski Róza Zamoyska Andrzej Antoni Zamoyski Zdzisław 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 (1800-74) was a Polish nobleman, landowner and political and economic activist.

[edit] Life

Zamoyski organized meetings of landowners (Klemensowczycy) at his Klemensów estate in the Polish Congress Kingdom. In 1842 he became co-publisher of the Rocznik Gospodarstwa Krajowego (Polish Farming Annual). In 1848 he founded the Steam Navigation Company and thereafter monopolized transport on the Vistula River. He also intiated the building of steamships and barges. He was the founder and chairman of an Agricultural Society.

Zamoyski was an opponent of Aleksander Wielopolski and a principal figure in the Biali (Whites) political faction. Exiled in September 1863, he settled in France, becoming part of the Polish Great Emigration. In 1872 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning.

[edit] See also

• List of Poles