- Roman Ignacy Potocki
Count Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki (generally known as Ignacy Potocki, 1750-1809), brother of
Stanisław Kostka Potocki , was a Polish nobleman, owner ofKlementowice , Marshal of thePermanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) in 1778-1782,Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1773,Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1783,Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 16 April 1791 to 1794, and a politician and writer.Life
Potocki was an alumnus of the Collegium Nobilium in
Warsaw ,Poland , and later studiedtheology andlaw inRome . As a member (1772-1791) of Poland'sCommission of National Education (" _pl. Komisja Edukacji Narodowej")– the world's first ministry of education – he presided over theSociety for Elementary Textbooks (" _pl. Towarzystwo do Ksiąg Elementarnych")."De facto" head of the "
Familia " and at first an opponent of King Stanisław II August, during theFour-Year Sejm (1788-1792) Potocki backed the King and was a leader of thePatriotic Party and thereform movement . An advocate of a pro-Prussia n orientation, he helped conclude an alliance (March 29, 1790) with Prussia. He co-authored theConstitution of May 3, 1791 .Following the victory of the
Targowica Confederation and the of theMay 3rd Constitution , Potocki emigrated from thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . He co-authored a work withHugo Kołłątaj , "On the Adoption and Fall of the Polish May 3 Constitution" ("O ustanowieniu i upadku Konstytucji Polskiej 3-go Maja", 1793).Potocki participated in preparations for the
Kościuszko Uprising of 1794, in which he served as a member of theSupreme National Council (" _pl. Rada Najwyższa Narodowa"). Upon suppression of the Uprising, he was imprisoned by theTsarist Russian authorities.Released in 1796, Potocki settled in Galicia (southern Poland) and devoted himself to historical studies.
He married Elżbieta Lubomirska in 1773. He became Knight of the
Order of the White Eagle in 1778.ee also
*List of Poles
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NAME = Potocki, Ignacy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Potocki, Roman Ignacy Franciszek
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Writer
DATE OF BIRTH = February 28, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH = Radzyń Podlaski
DATE OF DEATH = August 30, 1809
PLACE OF DEATH = Vienna
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