Stanislaus Poniatowski (Grand Chamberlain)

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Prince Stanisław Poniatowski, portrait of Johann Baptist von Lampi
Poniatowski Palace from 1789 in Korsuń (2004)
Cassandra Luci (ca.1827)

Prince Stanisław Poniatowski (born November 23, 1754 in Warsaw , † February 13, 1833 in Florence ) was a Polish lieutenant general and great chamberlain of Lithuania .

Life

origin

Stanislaw was a prince from the Polish dynasty Poniatowski . His parents were the Polish general of the Crown Army , Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (1721-1800) and Apolonia Ustrzycka (1736-1814). He was the nephew of the last Polish king, Stanislaus II August Poniatowski .

Career

Poniatowski was a Senator of the Sejm . He was naturally involved in the events of his time due to his proximity to the royal family . He was a member of the Targowica Confederation , Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania from 1784 and critic of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 . Poniatowski was Starost in Podlachia , was also an officer in the Polish Crown Army, where he advanced on foot to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Guard Regiment.

In 1773 he received the Order of the White Eagle , was also the bearer of the Order of St. Andrew the First Appointed and in 1797 also joined the Russian Grand Priory of the Sovereign Order of Malta .

Poniatowski owned a palace in Warsaw on Frascati Street, from where he acted as a patron of the arts , a patron of paintings, and a collector of objets d'art and precious stones. His friend, the Polish general and envoy Carl Friedrich Ernst von Cocceji, also lived there . Another family seat had been in Korsuń since 1789 , where the family owned extensive estates.

After the partitions of Poland , Poniatowski emigrated to Rome and then in 1820 to Florence. In 1830 he published a catalog with a summary of his precious stones . After his death, the Christie's collection was sold in 1839 and thus scattered.

family

With Kassandra Luci di Tivoli (1785–1863), Poniatowski had five natural children, from whom the sons were legitimized and in 1847 and 1850, respectively, were raised to the rank of count or prince.

  1. Isabella Luci (1806-1896), ⚭I 1821 Count Prospero Bentivoglio († 1821); ⚭ 1822 Count Zanobi di Ricci († 1844); III Margrave Filippo De Piccolellis
    1. Anna Maria di Ricci, ⚭ 1846 Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810–1868)
  2. Carlo Poniatowski (1808–1887), Count of Monterotondo (1847), Prince of Monterotondo (1850), ⚭ 1831 Elisa Napoleone Montecatini (1808–1893)
  3. Costanza Luci (1811-1851); ⚭ Count Daniele Zappi
  4. Giuseppe Michele Saverio Francesco Giovanni Poniatowski (1816–1873), Count of Monterotondo (1847), Prince of Monterotondo (1850), singer and composer, envoy of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Paris , London and Brussels ⚭ 1834 Countess Matilda Perotti (1814–1875 )
  5. Michele Poniatowski di Monterotondo (1816–1864)

literature

  • Polski Słownik Biograficzny , Volume XXVIII, Krakau 1984–1985, pp. 481–487
  • Prince Stanisław Poniatowski: Diary of a trip through the German lands in 1784 , translated from the manuscript and edited by Ingo Pfeifer, Halle 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Poniatowski, Stanislaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poniatowski, Stanislaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Lieutenant General and Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1833
Place of death Florence