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Roman Potocki (16 December 1852 – 24 September 1915) was a Polish nobleman (

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) and politician.

Early life

Count Roman was born on 16 December 1852 at

Łańcut Łańcut (, approximately "wine-suit"; yi, לאַנצוט, Lantzut; uk, Ла́ньцут, Lánʹtsut; german: Landshut) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 18,004 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (si ...

in the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

, in what was then a part of the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central- Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence ...

. He was a son of Count Alfred Józef Potocki, Minister-President of Austria, and Princess

Maria Klementyna Sanguszko Princess Maria Klementyna Sanguszko (30 March 183017 October 1903) was a Polish noblewoman, heiress, and the wife of politician Alfred Józef Potocki. Biography Maria was the only child of Roman Sanguszko and his wife Natalia Potocka, Polish a ...

. His brother, Count Józef Mikołaj Potocki, married his second wife's younger sister, Princess Helena Augusta Radziwiłł. His paternal grandparents were Count Alfred Wojciech Potocki (the son of writer

Jan Potocki Count Jan Potocki (; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his pi ...

, best known for his famous novel "'' The Manuscript Found in Saragossa''") and Princess Józefina Maria Czartoryska. His maternal grandparents were Prince Roman Sanguszko and Countess Natalia Potocka.

Career

He ran a family distillery, which is today known as

Polmos Łańcut The Polmos Łańcut distillery is one of the oldest producers of liquors and liqueurs in Poland. A small amount of the distillery's output is exported to Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. ...

. Following his father's death, he became Third Lord Ordynat of

estates (which his father had inherited from his father). He was a member of the Polish Circle in the Council of State for Austria-Hungary and served in the

Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria *german: Landtag von Galizien , native_name_lang = , transcription_name = , legislature = , coa_pic = Wappen Königreich Galizien & Lodomerien.png , coa_caption = Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodome ...

, was a member of Austrian Imperial Council from 1882 to 1890, and was a Member of the Austrian

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in 1890. Awarded with the

Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriag ...

Personal life

On 21 November 1882, he married Countess Izabella Potocka in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

. She was a daughter of Count Stanislaw

Potocki The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest a ...

and Princess Maria Sapieha-Kodenska. She died in Vienna on 21 March 1883. On 16 June 1885, he married Princess Elżbieta Matylda Radziwiłł (1861–1950) in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

. She was a daughter of Prince Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł and

Marie de Castellane Princess Marie Radziwill (born Marie Dorothée Élisabeth de Castellane; 19 February 1840 10 July 1915) was a French noblewoman, a member of the house of Castellane. The famous dandy Boni de Castellane was her nephew. Early life Marie was born ...

(the daughter of French aristocrats Henri de Castellane and

Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Castellane (29 December 1820 12 October 1890) was a French noblewoman. Early life Joséphine Pauline was born in Paris on 29 December 1820. She was the third legitimate child of the Edmo ...

). Before their divorce, they had two children: * Count

Alfred Antoni Potocki Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

(1886–1958), who married Izadora Narkiewicz-Jodko, a daughter of Zygmunt Narkiewicz-Jodko and Stanislawa Jordan-Walawska in 1956. * Count Jerzy Józef Potocki (1889–1961), the

Polish ambassador to the United States The Republic of Poland Ambassador to the United States (known formally as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the United States) is the official representative of the Government of the Republic of Poland ...

from 1936 to 1940 who married Susanita Yturregui in 1931. Count Potocki died in Łańcut on 24 September 1915, in what by then had become

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

.Genealogy of the Minchakievich Family in America, Chapter Two: Helen Irene Marynowska-Potocki Minchakievich, p. 38.

References

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Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria