Andrzej Poniatowski ( Polish Andrzej Poniatowski , September 28, 1734 - March 3, 1773 , Vienna ) - Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1765 ), chamberlain (subcommittee) of the Austrian court (from 1758 ), lieutenant general ( 1760 ) and field marshal ( 1771 ) Austrian army.
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| Birth | September 28, 1734 | ||||
| Death | March 3, 1773 (38 years old) Vein | ||||
| Kind | Ponyatovsky | ||||
| Father | Stanislav Ponyatovsky | ||||
| Mother | Princess Constance of Czartoryski | ||||
| Spouse | Countess Maria Theresa Kinsky von Whinitz und Tettau | ||||
| Children | Maria Teresa Tyszkiewicz and Jozef Anthony Ponyatovsky | ||||
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Biography
Represented the magnate family of the Poniatowski coat of arms Tsiolek . The fifth son of the voivode of Mazovia and the Kastelian of Krakow, Stanislav Poniatowski ( 1676 - 1762 ) and Constance Czartoryski ( 1696 - 1759 ). The younger brother of Stanislav Poniatowski ( 1732 - 1798 ), the last king of the Commonwealth ( 1764 - 1795 ).
From his youth, Andrzej Poniatowski served in the Austrian army, during the Seven Years' War with Prussia he was an infantry inspector. In 1758, he received the post of subcommittee (chamberlain) at the Austrian court. In 1760, Andrzej Poniatowski became lieutenant general of the Austrian army.
In 1764, Andrzej Poniatowski returned from Austria to Poland, where he supported the candidacy of his older brother, the captain of the great Lithuanian Stanislav Poniatowski , who was elected the new king of the Commonwealth. In 1765, Andrzej Poniatowski was sent as the Polish ambassador to Vienna, where on December 10 he received the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
As an Austrian officer, Andrzej Poniatowski could not represent the interests of the Commonwealth at the court of the Austrian emperor, but the Polish king Stanislav August convinced the Austrian Chancellor Anton Wenzel von Kaunitz to consider his brother as an unofficial ambassador. With the support of the Sardinian and English ambassadors, Andrzej Poniatowski successfully completed the diplomatic mission entrusted to him. In 1771, Prince Andrzej Poniatowski was promoted to Austrian field marshal .
Cavalier of the orders of Maria Theresa ( 1758 ), St. Stanislav ( 1765 ), White Eagle ( 1766 ) and St. Michael . He died in 1773 in Vienna from tuberculosis.
Family and Children
On May 3, 1761, Andrzej Poniatowski married the Austrian countess Maria Theresa Kinsky von Whinitz und Tettau ( 1736 - 1806 ). Children:
- Maria Teresa Ponyatovskaya ( 1760 - 1834 ), wife from 1778 of the referee of the great Lithuanian Vincent Tyszkiewicz ( 1757 - 1816 )
- Jozef Anthony Poniatowski ( 1763 - 1813 ), Colonel of the Austrian Army ( 1786 ), Major General of the Polish Army ( 1789 ), Lieutenant General of the Polish Army ( 1792 ), Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw , Marshal of France ( 1813 ).
Literature
- Henryk P. Kosk, Polscy generałowie w służbie obcej , Polska Zbrojna.
- Andrzej ks. Poniatowski h. Ciołek, Potomkowie Sejmu Wielkiego, Serwis genealogiczny pod patronatem Stowarzyszenia Potomków Sejmu Wielkiego .
- Historia Dyplomacji Polskiej - tom II 1572-1795 , PWN Warszawa 1981, s. 548.