Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (born December 1, 1734 in Danzig , † March 22, 1823 in Sieniawa , Galicia ) was a Polish nobleman and candidate for the throne.
Life
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski was the son of Prince August Aleksander and his wife Maria Zofia . After the death of King August III. he was put up as a candidate for the Polish throne, but had to give way to Stanislaus Poniatowski . After the First Partition of Poland , he entered the Austrian service because of his possessions in Galicia . Emperor Joseph II appointed him field marshal and awarded him the title of Highness and the Hungarian indigenous population .
At the Reichstag from 1788 to 1791 and to the aspirations of the Polish nobility , the Fatherland's independence to bring back, he took keen interest but searched in vain the elector of Saxony to accept the crown of Poland and the Austrian Emperor to mediate the selfish intentions of Russia over to move.
Appointed Senator Palatinus , he withdrew to his estate and died March 22, 1823 in Sieniawa in Galicia.
children
with Izabella Czartoryska , b. Countess von Flemming:
- Teresa Czartoryska († 1780 in a fire)
- Maria Anna Czartoryska (1768–1854), married to Duke Ludwig von Württemberg
- Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861), married to Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864)
- Konstantin Adam Czartoryski (1773–1860), married to Maria Dzierżonowska
- Gabriela Czartoryska
- Zofia Czartoryska (1780–1837), married to Count Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski (1775–1856)
Awards
- Knight of the Order of the White Eagle , awarded on November 25, 1764
- Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
Works
- Panna na wydaniu (1771)
- Katechizm kadecki (1774)
- Kawa (1779)
- Myśli o pismach polskich (1810)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Czartoryski, Adam Kasimir, Prince of Klewań and Żukow . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, pp. 85-88 ( digitized version ).
- Czartoryski Adam Kasimir Prince. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 160 f. (Direct links on p. 160 , p. 161 ).
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SURNAME | Czartoryski, Adam Kazimierz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish nobleman, candidate for the throne, art patron, Austrian field marshal |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1734 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1823 |
Place of death | Sieniawa , Galicia |