Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish Szlachcic, ''podkomorzy wielki koronny'' (1742–1773),

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of the Royal Polish forces, ''generał wojsk koronnych''. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1744 in

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. He was the eldest of eight surviving children of Princess Konstancja Czartoryska and of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Ciołek coat of arms,

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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

. His siblings were: * Canon Franciszek Poniatowski (1723-1749), canon of

Krakow Cathedral The Wawel Cathedral ( pl, Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, is a Roman Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the ...

who suffered from

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* Aleksander Poniatowski (1725-1744), officer killed in the

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during the

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* Ludwika Zamoyska (1728-1804) * Izabella Branicka (1730-1808) * Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski (1732-1798),

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and

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(1764-1795) * Andrzej Poniatowski (1734–1773), an Austrian

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* Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1736–94),

Primate of Poland This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.Jan Andrzej Morsztyn Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–93) was a Polish poet, member of the landed nobility, and official in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was '' starosta'' of Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal. He was also pantler of Sandomierz (1647–58), Royal S ...

and through his great-grandmother, Catherine Gordon,

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to Queen

Marie Louise Gonzaga Marie Louise Gonzaga ( pl, Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to two kings of Poland and grand dukes of Lithuania, brothers Władysław IV and John II Casimir. Together ...

, he was related to the

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and thereby connected to the leading families of

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and

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. In the 18th-century the Poniatowski family had achieved high rank among the Polish nobility (

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in ...

). 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".biogram z XVII tomu Polskiego Słownika Biograficznego autorstwa Zofii Zielińskiej
/ref> 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 Princess Konstancja Poniatowska (1759–1830) was a Polish noblewoman, niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. Konstancja was the daughter of Kazimierz Poniatowski and Apolonia Ustrzycka, and married Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz on April 4, 1 ...

(2 March 1759 – 1830), who on 4 April 1775 married

Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz ( lt, Liudvikas Tiškevičius; 1748 – 26 June 1808) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman ('' szlachcic'') and Field Lithuanian Hetman from 1780 to 1791, Great Lithuanian Treasurer from 1791, Great Lithuanian Marshal ...

(1748 – 1808), ''hetman polny litewski i marszałek wielki litewski''

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Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1721 births 1800 deaths Military personnel from Warsaw Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Kazimierz Kazimierz (; la, Casimiria; yi, קוזמיר, Kuzimyr) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the Cr ...

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