Jan Kanty Moszyński (c. 1690 – 14 September 1737) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and politician,

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of the Crown Court from 1729. He came from a poor noble family but married the daughter of

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...

. His grandfather was

Andrzej Ludwik Moszyński Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and m ...

(died 1683). His father, Aleksander Michał, lived in a small village in

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and served as its treasurer. He was awarded the Order of White Eagle on 18 February 1730. Moszyński and more so his son Frederyk August Moszyński (1739–1786) built a notable museum collection.

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*Julian Bartoszewicz: ''Znakomici mężowie Polscy w XVIII w.'' Vol. 2, Petersburg 1856, pp. 117–198 17th-century Polish nobility 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian politicians 18th-century Polish nobility 1737 deaths Year of birth uncertain Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) {{Poland-politician-stub