Stanisław Ledóchowski

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Stanisław Ledóchowski

Stanisław Ledóchowski (* 1666 ; † 1725 ) was a Polish statesman. In 1701 he was Marshal of the Royal Tribunal, 1715-1716 Marshal of the Tarnogród Confederation , 1717 Sejm Marshal of the Mute Sejms from 1717 and from 1723 Voivode of Wolynia , from the Ledóchowskis family .

Life

The relocation of the Saxon army to Poland by King August II (he was Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in personal union ) provoked the protest of the Polish nobility in 1713, which in 1715 was supported by current plans for a coup d'état by the king (demand for the inclusion of Saxon troops in the Polish Crown Army ) was tightened. On November 26, 1715, Stanisław Ledóchowski was elected Marshal of the Anti-Saxon Confederation of Tarnogród and quickly won the support of the nobility. The Russian envoy Grzegorz Fiodorowicz Dołgoruki even said that Ledóchowski would have a good chance of assuming the Polish throne if August II was dethroned. Within a very short time he set up a confederation army, which forced an exhausting guerrilla war on the Saxon troops. However, he made the mistake of asking Russia to mediate between the Confederates and the King. The tsar benefited from this mediating role, but also responded to the interests of the king in the Danzig negotiations, so that the Confederate's opinion was overturned again, while the tsar and king insisted on the previous results. As a result, Ledóchowski began anti-Russian diplomatic actions and tried to get the help of Austria , the Ottoman Empire or the Crimean Khanate . The unsuccessfulness of these efforts and the invasion of Russian troops at the request of August II in the second half of August 1716 led Ledóchowski to a renewed mobilization and negotiations with the king in order to save Poland from a new war. Finally, on November 3, 1716, an agreement was signed and he became Marshal of the Senate, which was to put an end to the Confederation. On February 1, 1717, he gave a famous speech to the Mute Sejm : In the name of the “true sons of the white eagle”, he pledged allegiance to the king, but did not allow anyone else to speak to avoid a discussion. He closed the Sejm, expressing his hope that Poland would again find the peace it deserved. In 1718, in the Sejm, he demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops (which was finally implemented around 1720) and the conclusion of an alliance with Austria.

literature

  • Mieczysław Ledóchowski: Aby pozostal nasz zlad - Dzieje rodu Ledóchowskich (In order to keep our tracks - the history of the Ledóchowski house) Wroclaw 2002 Society of Friends of the Ossolineum
  • Warsaw Historical Museum: The Ledóchowski Family - for God and Country , Warsaw 2008
  • Polski słownik biograficzny Kraków; Wroclaw; Warszawa; Gdańsk; Łódź. - 1935-1991
personal data
SURNAME Ledóchowski, Stanisław
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician, member of the Sejm, Marshal of the Tarnogrod Confederation, Vojvode of Volynia, Marshal of the so-called silent Senate (1717)
DATE OF BIRTH 1666
DATE OF DEATH 1725