- Alfred Józef Potocki
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Alfred Józef Potocki Coat of arms Piława Wife Maria Klementyna Sanguszko Issue Roman Potocki
Julia Potocka
Klementyna Potocka
Józef Mikołaj PotockiSzlachta Potocki Father Alfred Wojciech Potocki Mother Józefina Maria Czartoryska Born 29 July 1817 or 1822
ŁańcutDied 18 May 1889
ParisCount Alfred Józef Potocki (1817 or 1822, Łańcut - 1889) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), landowner, politician, monarchist, liberal-conservatist.
Alfred was the 2nd Ordynat of Łańcut estates. He was member of the National Sejm of Galicia from 1863 to 1889 and Sejm Marshal from 1875 until 1877.
In 1862 he became member of the Herrenhaus. He served as Austrian councillor and from 1867 until 1870 as Minister of Agriculture of Austria. In 1870 he became Minister-President of Austria and simultaneously Minister of Defence of Austria.
In 1873 he was co-founder of the Akademia Umiejetnosci (Polish Academy of Skills) in Kraków. From 1875 to 1883 he was governor Galicia. He ran a family distillery, which is today known as Polmos Łańcut. Alfred was married to Princess Maria Klementyna Sanguszko, married on 18 March 1851 in Sławuta.
Alfred Józef Potocki built a grand residence in Lviv. His grandfather was the writer Jan Potocki, best known for his famous novel "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa".
Awards
- Order of the Golden Fleece
- Order of the Steel Crown
- Order of St. Stefan
- Order of Carol the III
Preceded by
Leopold Hasner von ArthaMinister-President of Austria
1870–1871Succeeded by
Karl Sigmund von HohenwartSejm Marshals of Partitioned Poland Tomasz Adam Ostrowski • Stanisław Sołtyk • Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski • Wincenty Krasiński • Rajmund Rembieliński • Stanisław Piwnicki • Józef Gabriel Lubowidzki • Władysław Ostrowski • Leon Sapieha • Alfred Józef Potocki • Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki • Ludwik Wodzicki • Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz • Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko • Stanisław Marcin Badeni • Andrzej PotockiCategories:- 1822 births
- 1889 deaths
- People from Łańcut
- Polish nobility
- Polish politicians
- Austrian politicians
- Ministers-President of Austria
- Sejm Marshals of a Partitioned Poland
- Potocki family
- Knights of the Golden Fleece
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Austrian politician stubs
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