Andrzej Kazimierz Potocki
Count Andrzej Kazimierz Potocki (born June 10, 1861 in Krzeszowice near Cracow , † April 12, 1908 in Lemberg ) was a Polish nobleman , landowner and politician from the Potockis family . He was shot dead by a Ukrainian nationalist in the Galician parliament in Lviv .
Andrzej Potocki was a son of the conservative politician Adam Potocki (1822–1872). After studying law at the University of Cracow , he was awarded a doctorate in 1884. As a large landowner, he also owned Kamjanka-Buska and other lands in addition to his birthplace Krzeszowice . From 1901 to 1902 he was the Land Marshal of the Galician Parliament. From 1903 until his death in 1908 he was governor of the Austrian crown land of Galicia . In 1907 he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by Emperor Franz Joseph . On April 12, 1908, he was murdered by the Ukrainian philosophy student Miroslaw Siczynski (1887–1979) in the audience room of the Lviv Parliament with six pistol shots . He left his wife Krystyna nee Tyszkiewicz (1866–1952), six daughters and three sons. As a final word Potocki a will of loyalty handed to the Emperor: Say that I was His Majesty his faithful servant.
literature
- J. Zdrada: Potocki, Andrzej Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 230 f. (Direct links on p. 230 , p. 231 ).
- Kerstin S. Jobst : Count Andrzej Potocki. In: Michael Sommer (ed.): Political murders. From ancient times to the present. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-534-18518-8 , pp. 165-173.
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| SURNAME | Potocki, Andrzej Kazimierz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potocki, Andrzej |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish nobleman, governor of Galicia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krzeszowice near Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1908 |
| Place of death | Lviv |