Leon Aleksander Sapieha
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Prince Leon Aleksander Sapieha (1883-1944) was a Polish military aviator, landowner, traveler, and a member of the
Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
. His brother was Prince Adam Zygmunt Sapieha and his uncle the Polish cardinal Prince
Adam Stefan Sapieha Prince Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonifacy Józef Cardinal Sapieha (; 14 May 1867 – 23 July 1951) was a senior-ranking Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Kraków from 1911 to 1951. Between 1922 and 1923, he was a se ...
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Bibliography

* Alina Szklarska-Lohmannowa: Sapieha Leon. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 35. Warszawa – Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla, 1994, s. 81–83. . 1883 births 1944 deaths Polish aviators Leon Aleksander Home Army members Members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Austro-Hungarian World War I pilots Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany {{Poland-noble-stub