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, born Count Andrzej Poniatowski (July 16, 1734/1735-March 3/5 1773) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (Szlachcic), General and Field Marshal.

Andrzej was a son of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków, and Princess Konstancja Czartoryska, the brother of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski of Poland and the father of Józef Antoni Poniatowski.

He became Starost of Pieńsk (starost prenski), Lieutenant-General in 1760 and Field Marshal in 1771 both 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 on December 4, 1764, Empress Maria Theresa on December 10, 1765 the Bohemian title of Prince, and Emperor Joseph II the Austrian title of Prince.

He died in Wien and married May 3, 1761 Maria Theresia Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (14 February 1736/1740-September 25, 1806), daughter of Leopold-Ferdinand Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (Chlumec nad Cidlinou (Chlumetz), January 17, 1713-October 24, 1760) and wife (married in Wien, September 6, 1734) Maria Teresa Capece dei Marchesi di Rofrano (June 3, 1715-November 12, 1778) by whom he had a daughter, Marija Teresa (baptized on November 28, 1760 – Tours, November 2, 1834), married in 1778 and later divorced Wincenty Graf Tyszkiewicz (died 1816), referendarz wielki litewski, and a son, Józef Antoni Poniatowski.

[edit] Awards

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