Anton von Taczanowski

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The coat of arms of the Counts of Taczanow-Taczanowski

Anton Graf von Taczanow-Taczanowski (* 1847 in Taczanowo , Krotoschin District , Posen Province ; † 1917 ibid) was a member of the Prussian manor house for the Pleschen district in Posen.

family

Anton von Taczanowski came from a Wielkopolska noble family , which takes its name from the place Taczanowo, where the family was first mentioned in 1437. He was a nephew of the royal Prussian chamberlain Alfons von Taczanowski , who was raised to the rank of Count of Prussia on May 17, 1854 , who was majorate on Taczanowo.

The elevation to the count status was extended on March 21, 1857 in Berlin to the first-born descendant ( primogeniture ) who, according to the decree of March 8, 1858, was also a hereditary member of the Prussian manor house. However, both were linked to the Fideikommiss estate Taczanowo founded on January 14, 1856 .

Life

Taczanowo Castle around 1860,
Duncker Collection

Taczanowski was from 1867 owner u. a. von Schloss und Herrschaft Taczanowo and member of the Prussian manor house, but as a Polish nationalist refused to use his German title.

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