Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700–1772) was a Polish

nobleman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteris ...

, diplomat, politician and knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1750 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 officiall ...

. Potocki was the wealthiest

magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

of his time and the owner of large properties in

Dnieper Ukraine The term Dnieper Ukraine (: "over Dnieper land"), usually refers to territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian name derives from ''nad‑'' (prefix: "above, over") + ''Dnipró'' ("Dnieper") + ''‑shchyna'' ...

, then part of the

Polish Crown The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, incl ...

. Nicknamed "Little King of

Ruthenia Ruthenia or , uk, Рутенія, translit=Rutenia or uk, Русь, translit=Rus, label=none, pl, Ruś, be, Рутэнія, Русь, russian: Рутения, Русь is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms ...

" ("''królik Rusi''"). Franciszek became Krajczy of the Crown in 1736, Field Clerk of the Crown and

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

of Volhynian Voivodship in 1755, voivode of Kijów Voivodship in 1755–1771 and starost of

Belz Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...

Hrubieszów Hrubieszów (; uk, Грубешів, Hrubeshiv; yi, הרוביעשאָוו, Hrubyeshov) is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of around 18,212 (2016). It is the capital of Hrubieszów County within the Lublin Voivodeship. Throug ...

Ropczyce Ropczyce ( yi, ראָפּשיץ) is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the valley of the Wielopolka River (a tributary of the Wisłoka River). The town has a population of 15,098 (). and is the seat of ...

Sokal Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is appro ...

, Jabłonów and Opalin.

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* Urzędnicy województwa bełskiego i ziemi chełmskiej XIV-XVIII wieku. Spisy. Oprac. Henryk Gmiterek i Ryszard Szczygieł. Kórnik 1992, p. 255. * Teka Gabriela Junoszy Podoskiego, t. III, Poznań 1856, p. 303. * Konfederacja Generalna Stanów Koronnych y Wielkiego Xięztwa Litewskiego na walnym zieźdźie w Dźikowie pod Sandomierzem postanowiona dnia V miesiąca Listopada. Roku Pańskiego MDCC.XXXIV, brak paginacji. * Teka Gabriela Junoszy Podoskiego, t. IV, Poznań 1856, p. 472. * Teka Gabriela Junoszy Podoskiego, t. IV, Poznań 1856, p. 710. * Materiały do dziejów bezkrólewia po śmierci Augusta III i pierwszych lat dziesięciu panowania Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego, t. I Lwów 1857, pp. 45-49. * Elektorów poczet, którzy niegdyś głosowali na elektorów Jana Kazimierza roku 1648, Jana III. roku 1674, Augusta II. roku 1697, i Stanisława Augusta roku 1764, najjaśniejszych Królów Polskich, Wielkich Książąt Litewskich, i.t.d. / ułożył i wydał Oswald Zaprzaniec z Siemuszowej Pietruski, Lwów 1845, p. 284. * Volumina Legum t. VII, Petersburg 1860, pp. 244-248. 1700 births 1772 deaths People from Chervonohrad Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Franciszek Salezy Radom confederates Polish patrons of the arts {{Poland-noble-stub