| Franciszek Ksawery Branicki | |
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| Coat of arms | Korczak |
| Spouse(s) | Aleksandra von Engelhardt |
| Issue | |
| Katarzyna Branicka Aleksander Branicki Władysław Grzegorz Branicki Zofia Branicka Elżbieta Branicka |
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| Noble family | Branicki |
| Father | Piotr Branicki |
| Mother | Melania Teresa Szembek |
| Born | 1730 Barwałd Górny |
| Died | April 1819 (aged 88–89) Biała Cerkiew, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
Count Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730, Barwałd Górny - 1819) was a Polish nobleman of the Korczak coat of arms, magnate and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation.
Great Crown Podstoli in 1764, Ambassador in Berlin in 1765, Master of the Hunt of the Crown in 1766-1773, Artillery General of Lithuania in 1768-1773, Ambassador in Moscow in 1771, Field Crown Hetman in 1773 and Great Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1774-1794.
Awarded with White Eagle Order in December 1764. He married Aleksandra von Engelhardt, a niece of Prince Potemkin, in 1781.
Opponent of the reforms of the Great Sejm (1788–1792), supporter of the Hetman Party and the Targowica Confederation. Sentenced to death in absentia by the Supreme Criminal Court during the Kościuszko Uprising (1794). He also fought a duel with the infamous Casanova, in which both were wounded but survived.
He is one of the figures immortalized in Jan Matejko's 1891 painting, Constitution of May 3, 1791.
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