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Ksawery Branicki
Ksawery Branicki or Xavier Branicki may refer to: * Count Xavier Branicki or Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1816–1879), Polish nobleman * Ksawery Branicki (1864–1926), Polish nobleman and naturalist * Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730–1819), Polish nobleman {{hndis, Branicki, Ksawery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Xavier Branicki
Count Xavier Branicki (in Polish: , in French: ), born 26 October 1816 in Warsaw, Poland, died 20 November 1879 in Assiut, Khedivate of Egypt, was a Polish nobleman, political exile and landowner who took French nationality. He became a political writer, financier, art collector and philanthropist. He was the owner and restorer of the Château de Montrésor and estate in France. He was descended from a powerful magnate family with immense land holdings in the Duchy of Lithuania and in Ukraine, partly as a result, it is said, of a family connection with Catherine the Great. He was a member of the close circle of Napoleon III. He was a co-founder of the Crédit Foncier de France, a bank that continues to this day. Publications Branicki was the author of the following works: * . * . * . * . See also * List of Poles * Louis Wolowski Louis-François-Michel-Reymond Wolowski (original ''Ludwik Franciszek Michał Reymond Wołowski''; 31 August 1810 at Warsaw – 15 August 1876 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksawery Branicki (1864–1926)
Count Ksawery Władysław Branicki or Xavier Branicki (19 April 1864 – 18 June 1926) was a Polish landowner, nobleman, and naturalist. Branicki was the son of Count Konstantin Branicki (1824–1884) and Countess Jadwiga Potocka (1827–1916) who owned estate in the Kiev region and the Montresor Castle in France. Branicki was involved in the maintenance of the museum begun by his father and continued to fund the collection of specimens from South America and Africa. He left Kiev in 1915 and his estates in Ukraine were taken over Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921. The museum was transferred to the Polish government in 1919. He married a cousin, Countess Anna Maria Pia Rose Potocka (1863–1953), daughter of Adam Józef Mateusz Potocki (1822–1872) and Countess Katharina Branicka (1825–1907) in 1886 and they had five children. References External links Genealogy 1864 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Polish nobility 20th-century Polish nobility 19th-century Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
