Stanisław Sołtyk (12 December 1753 – 4 June 1831) was a Polish nobleman (

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), political activist, landowner, father of

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. Stanisław was born in Krysk near

Płońsk Płońsk (; yi, פּלאָנסק, Plonsk) is a town in central Poland with 22,500 inhabitants (2010). Situated at the Płonka river in the historic region of Mazovia, it is the seat of Płońsk County in the Masovian Voivodeship. History ...

. He became Royal chamberlain in 1780, Great

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of the Crown in 1784. He was a strong supporter of reforms in the Republic. He participated in the

Great Sejm The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm ( Polish: ''Sejm Wielki'' or ''Sejm Czteroletni''; Lithuanian: ''Didysis seimas'' or ''Ketverių metų seimas'') was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Wars ...

in 1788–1792 as representative of the Kraków Voivodeship for the second time. He was a member of the " Radziwill Club", which prepared the passing of the

Constitution of 3 May 1791 The Constitution of 3 May 1791,; lt, Gegužės trečiosios konstitucija titled the Governance Act, was a constitution adopted by the Great Sejm ("Four-Year Sejm", meeting in 1788–1792) for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a dual mo ...

by the

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. After the adoption of the Constitution, he became member and co-founder of the Assembly of Friends of the 3 May Constitution. Reportedly, he was the last known inhabitant of the

Krzyżtopór Krzyżtopór () is a castle located in the village of Ujazd, Iwaniska commune, Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It was originally built by a Polish nobleman and Voivode of Sandomierz, Krzysztof Ossoliński ( ...

castle complex, living there in the years 1782-1787. He participated in the preparation of the

Kościuszko Uprising The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794 and the Second Polish War, was an uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pr ...

, but did not partake in any armed struggles. He was sent with a secret diplomatic mission to the royal court in

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, but was arrested by the

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n authorities. During the

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, he supported and was involved in conspiratorial activities of the independence movements. After the fall of the Republic he went into retirement on his estates in Chlewisko near

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. He became busy with producing agrarian and metallurgical products and soon became one of the major industrialists in Poland. He took part in the cultural life of

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and organized meetings of artists and writers. In 1800 he founded the "Society of Friends of Science". Together with

Tadeusz Czacki Tadeusz Czacki (28 August 1765 in Poryck, Volhynia – 8 February 1813 in Dubno) was a Polish historian, pedagogue and numismatist. Czacki played an important part in the Enlightenment in Poland. Biography Czacki was born in Poryck in Volhynia, ...

and others, he founded the "Trade Society" in 1802. He returned to political life in the

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...

, after Marshal

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appointed him as member of the "Supreme Justice Chamber" (') in 1807. From 1811 until 1812 he served as member of the Sejm. In 1811 he was appointed as

Sejm Marshal The Marshal of the Sejm , also known as Sejm Marshal, Chairman of the Sejm or Speaker of the Sejm ( pl, Marszałek Sejmu, ) is the speaker (chair) of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. The office traces its origins to the 15th ...

. During the Polish Congress Poland, member of the Sejm and

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. From 1823 member and one of the authorities of the underground "Patriotic Society" in Russian occupied part Poland. He was arrested in 1826 and convicted of treason against the state. In 1829 after four years in prison, he was acquitted and released. At the time, his legal representative was Marceli Tarczewski. He supported the

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in ...

in 1830 but due to his old age and poor health, he could not take part in the Sejm assembly to put his signature under the act to dethrone Czar

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on 25 January 1831. He sent a letter to the Sejm submitting his support. For his patriotic activities, the Sejm raised him to the rank of senator-

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on 28 May 1831. He died in Warsaw on 4 June 1831.

Awards

* Knight of the

Order of Saint Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

, awarded in 1783. * Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1788. {{DEFAULTSORT:Soltyk, Stanislaw 1753 births 1831 deaths People from Płońsk County 18th-century Polish nobility Marshals of the Sejm of a Partitioned Poland Members of the Sejm of Duchy of Warsaw Members of the Great Sejm Stanislaw 19th-century Polish nobility