Kazimierz Poniatowski

Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish Szlachcic, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), Lieutenant general of the Royal Polish forces, generał wojsk koronnych. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1744 in Warsaw.

Kazimierz Poniatowski
Coat of armsCiołek
Full name
Ks. Kazimierz Poniatowski herbu Ciołek
Born(1721-09-15)15 September 1721
Warsaw, Poland
Died13 April 1800(1800-04-13) (aged 78)
Warsaw, Poland
Noble familyPoniatowski
Spouse(s)Apolonia Ustrzycka
Issue
Stanislaw Poniatowski
Konstancja Poniatowska
FatherStanisław Poniatowski
MotherKonstancja Czartoryska

He was the eldest of eight surviving children of Princess Konstancja Czartoryska and of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Ciołek coat of arms, Castellan of Kraków. His siblings were:

He was a great-grandson of the poet, courtier and alleged traitor, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn and through his great-grandmother, Catherine Gordon, lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Louise Gonzaga, he was related to the House of Stuart and thereby connected to the leading families of Scotland, Spain and France.[1][2] In the 18th-century the Poniatowski family had achieved high rank among the Polish nobility (szlachta).

He was created Prince by his brother, King Stanisław II August Poniatowski on 4 December 1764. After the First Partition of Poland (1772), he sold off his Podkomorzy title, played no further part in politics and joined the "high life". He was considered a model of a "wastrel".[3]

On 21 January 1751 he married Apollonia Ustrzycka (17 January 1736 – 1814), by whom he had one son and two daughters:

  • Prince Stanisław Poniatowski (1754–1833)
  • Princess Katarzyna Poniatowska (25 August 1756 – March 1773)
  • Princess Konstancja Poniatowska (2 March 1759 – 1830), who on 4 April 1775 married Ludwik Tyszkiewicz (1748 – 1808), hetman polny litewski i marszałek wielki litewski

References
  1. F. de Callières, Sztuka dyplomacji..., p. 12–16
  2. M. Dernałowicz, Portret Familii, p. 7.
  3. biogram z XVII tomu Polskiego Słownika Biograficznego autorstwa Zofii Zielińskiej


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