Prince Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko (28 August 1842 – 2 April 1903) was a Polish noble (

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) and conservative politician. Eustachy educated in Poland and Paris in 1859–1860. He studied law at the

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from 1862 to 1864. He sympathized with the insurgents of the

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of 1863–1864 and took part in meetings in Goszcz. In April 1863 he traveled with a secret correspondence for the " Hôtel Lambert" to Paris, and stayed there until the end of the Uprising. From 1873 until 1901 member and from 14 October 1890 to 9 February 1895

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of the National

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in Galicia. He was member of the Herrenhaus and member of the Austrian Council of the State from 27 October 1879. Successor of Kazimierz Feliks Badeni in the office of governor of Galicia from 1895 until 1898.

Awards

* Grand Cordon of the Leopold Order, awarded in 1894 (Wielka Wstega Orderu Leopolda) *

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, awarded in 1898

Family

He is Prince Władysław Leon Sapieha's maternal uncle. So Prince Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko is a 5th generation uncle of

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.M.J. Miankowski, ''Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego'': Mathilde Marie Christine d'Udekem d'Acoz
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References

1842 births 1903 deaths Politicians from Tarnów Eustachy Stanislaw Sanguszko Polish Austro-Hungarians Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1873–1879) Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Governors of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Marshals of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Sanuszko, Eustachy Stanislaw Jagiellonian University alumni Sanuszko, Eustachy Stanislaw {{Poland-noble-stub