Mikhail Kazimir Rachinsky ( December 16 - December 12, 1737 , Poznan ) - Polish statesman, governor of Kalisz (1729-1737) and Poznan (1737).
| Mikhail Kazimir Rachinsky | |||||||
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| polish Michał Kazimierz Raczyński | |||||||
 Coat of arms " Nalench " | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Stefan Leshchinsky | ||||||
| Successor | Maciej Kozminsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Vladislav Radomitsky | ||||||
| Successor | Anthony Jozef Poninsky | ||||||
| Birth | 1650 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Death | December 12, 1737 Poznan , Poznan Voivodeship , Commonwealth | ||||||
| Kind | Rachinsky | ||||||
| Father | Sigmund Rachinsky | ||||||
| Mother | Eva Rykhlovskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Teresa Krassovskaya | ||||||
| Children | sons: Victor and Leon | ||||||
Biography
Representative of the Polish gentry clan of the Rachin coat of arms "Nalench" . The third son of Sigmund Rachinsky (1592-1662) and Katarina Elovitskaya. Brothers - Jan Karol, Frantisek Stefan and Peter Raczynski. Founder of the Greater Poland line of the Rachinsky clan.
Originally associated with the Radziwills , later became an ardent supporter of King Augustus III . Since 1689 he occupied the divisions of jurisdiction of Gneznensky and Poznan. In 1697 he was elected as a deputy to the electoral parliament from the Kalisz voivodship , where he supported the candidacy of the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong to the Polish throne. In 1710 - 1720, the Gnieznensky chestnut , in 1720 - 1729 - Calish . In 1729, Mikhail Kazimir Rachinsky was appointed governor of Kalisz , and in the last year of his life he received the position of governor of Poznan .
One of the richest tycoons of Great Poland . The Rachinsky clan gained great political influence under his grandson, Casimir Rachinsky (1739-1824), who was born two years after the death of his grandfather.
One of the founders of the Franciscan monastery in Wozniki .
Family
Mikhail Kazimir Rachinsky was married to Kristina Katarina Teofile Krassovskaya (1674-1724), from a marriage with which he had two sons:
- Victor Rachinsky (1698-1764), father of the marshal of the outward crown of Casimir
- Leon Rachinsky (1698-1755), lieutenant general of the crown troops.
Sources
- (Polish) Potomkowie Sejmu Wielkiego