Jan Jerzy Przebendowski

Jan Jerzy Przebendowski (born November 1, 1638 , † February 24, 1729 in Przygodzice ) was a Polish magnate , general of Greater Poland and crown treasurer.

Jan Jerzy Przebendowski came from the influential Protestant Pomeranian noble family Przebendowski . His parents were the district judge of Lauenburg Peter Przebendowski (* approx. 1620; † 1700) and Katarina Krockow . He enjoyed his upbringing at the Jesuit College in New Scotland near Gdansk where he also converted to Catholicism . He spent his youth at the court of the Polish King John II Casimir . Przebendowski served in the Crown Army and proved himself before Chotyn , advanced to the rank of colonel . He became a close advisor and supporter of the Polish King John III. Sobieski , who sent him on diplomatic missions to Saxony , Brandenburg and France . As early as 1677 the king made him Starost von Mirachowo , and finally in 1693 castellan of Culm .

Profit-making involved in the advertising campaigns of various Polish candidates for heir to the throne. He finally helped Field Marshal Jakob Heinrich von Flemming , with his cousin, Margareta Elisabeth von Flemming (* 1664, † 1728), a daughter of Field Marshal Heino Heinrich von Flemming , he was married, to bring August the Strong to the Polish throne. Thereupon the latter appointed him voivode of Marienburg in 1697 and in 1703 as grand treasurer. On July 6, 1711 he was promoted to the rank of imperial count during the Saxon imperial vicariate .

Przebendowski was also a four-time Starost a. a. von Putzig and Grabow . The Polish currency forms at the beginning of the 18th century bore his signature. During his tenure he was always keen to promote the Polish economy and trade.

In 1701 and 1703 he was ambassador to Berlin. Subsequently member of the Saxon Secret Council. Przebendowski was also a member of the oldest Polish Masonic Lodge - the Red Brotherhood .

He was the builder of the Warsaw Przebendowski Palace .

Przebendowski was a very influential, cynical power politician, was considered very educated, spoke several languages, was also very successful economically, but just as very controversial. He united around 60 villages and estates in his possession and left two legitimate children, a daughter and a son.

literature

• Polski Słownik Biograficzny . Krakau 1984/1985, Vol. XXVIII, pp. 644-666