Mikhail Andreevich Puzyna ( Polish. Michał Puzyna , Belor. Mihal Puzyna ;? - after 1723) - the statesman and military leader of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the exalted Lithuanian in 1712-1717, the great Lithuanian clerk in 1717-1724, the ambassador of Rzeczpospolita in Of Russia in 1712-1720.
| Mikhail Andreevich Puzyna | |||||||
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| polish Michał Puzyna , Belor. Michal Puzyna | |||||||
 Coat of arms " Oginets " | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Gideon Mikhail Frantskevich-Radziminsky | ||||||
| Successor | Kazimir Pakash | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Krzysztof Konstantin Pats | ||||||
| Successor | Anthony Oskerko | ||||||
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| Death | after 1723 | ||||||
| Rod | Puzy | ||||||
| Father | Andrei Puzyna | ||||||
| Mother | Efrosinya Khzhanstovskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Sofya Andreyevna Pototskaya | ||||||
| Children | two daughters, the eldest - Constance | ||||||
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Biography
Family
The son of a castellan of Minsk, Andrei Puzina and Euphrosyne of Khzhanstovskaya, brother of the governor of the Mstislavl Krzysztof Dominik Puzyna .
He was married to Sophia Pototskaya, daughter of Yablonovsky’s elder Andrzej Jerzy Potocki. Two daughters were born in marriage: Constantia (she was married to Krzysztof Mezhaevsky and Stanislav Kostka Potocki) and the second daughter, whose name is unknown (she was married to Adam Mrazavitsky).
Career
From 1699 to 1717 years regent of the small office of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Ambassador of the Sejm since 1697. He participated in the Northern War , fought under Alkeniki on the side of August II , from 1712 to 1720 was the ambassador of the Commonwealth under Tsar Peter Alekseevich . From 1712 to 1717, the Cornish courthouse of Lithuania, from 1717 to 1724 the great Lithuanian clerk.
During his tenure as ambassador to Russia, Puzina clashed with the Saxon ambassadors Frederick von Ekstedt and Johann von Lossom because they feared that Livonia would be divided between Poland and Russia at the end of the war, and Saxony would not get anything out of the territories.
Literature
- Pazdnyakova V. Puziny // Vyalikae of the Principality of Litoстваkae: Entsyklapedya. At 3 vol. T.2: Cadets Corps - Yackevich / Redkal .: GP Pashkoў (gal.red.) І інш .; Master Z.E. Герасімовіч. - Minsk: BelEn, 2006. - 792 p .: il. P. 475. ISBN 985-11-0315-2 , ISBN 985-11-0378-0 (v. 2)
- Historia Dyplomacji Polskiej, tom II 1572-1795 pod red. Zbigniewa Wójcika, PWN Warszawa 1982, s. 364.
- Marek Jerzy Minakowski, Ci wielcy Polacy to nasza rodzina, wyd. 3, Kraków 2008 PUZYNA Michał (zm. 1723) pisarz wielki litewski (t. 29 s. 497)
- Urzędnicy centralni i dygnitarze Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego XIV-XVIII wieku spisy opracowali Henryk Lulewicz i Andrzej Rachuba, Kórnik 1994, s. 232.
- Skocz do góry ↑ Pamiętniki Krzysztofa Zawiszy, wojewody mińskiego, (1666-1721), Warszawa 1862, s. 350