Prince Franciszek Ferdynand Lubomirski (c. 17101774) was a Polish noble (
szlachcic
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) and Knight of the
Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1762 in
Warsaw
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.
He was the son of the
voivode
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of
Kraków Voivodeship, Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski, and Magdalena Tarło.
He was Great
Miecznik of the Crown from 1761 to 1771, Great
Chorąży
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of the Crown after 1773,
starost
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The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...
of
Biecz
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and Great Envoy to
Saint Petersburg
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.
1710s births
1774 deaths
Diplomats of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Franciszek Ferdynant
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