Georg Detlev von Flemming (Polish: Jerzy Detloff Fleming) (3 March 1699 – 10 December 1771) was a General in Polish- Saxon service, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania in 1746–1764 and

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in 1766. Von Flemming was born on 3 March 1699 in Iven, a town in

Swedish Pomerania Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...

, then part of the

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.history of the von Flemming family
/ref> His family was a renowned magnate family from

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

, with long traditions of military service. His father was a

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n privy councillor, Count Felix Friedrich von Flemming (1661–1739). Flemming started his military career in the service of

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as K ...

and the

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, just as his brother Carl Georg Friedrich von Flemming, a later general himself, who married a Princess Lubomirska. Since 1724 he commanded the

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-based Queen's Own Regiment. A political ally of the

Czartoryski The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; lt, Čartoriskiai) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian- Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dyna ...

family at the royal court, he married twice, to the two daughters of Royal Chancellor

Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski Prince Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775) was a Polish nobleman, the Duke of Klewań and , magnate, and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (from 1726). He headed Poland's Czartoryski " Familia". He served as Steward of Lithuania fr ...

(the second wife being Antonina Czartoryska). His daughter,

Izabela Fleming Elżbieta "Izabela" Dorota Czartoryska (''née'' Flemming; 3 March 1746 – 15 July 1835) was a Polish princess, writer, art collector, and prominent figure in the Polish Enlightenment. She was the wife of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and a ...

, married another renowned politician and statesman

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1 December 1734 – 19 March 1823) was an influential Polish aristocrat, writer, literary and theater critic, linguist, traveller and statesman. He was a great patron of arts and a candidate for the Polish crow ...

. His alliance with the Czartoryskis sped up his career. In 1738 he was promoted to the rank of General in the artillery and on 3 August 1744 he received the Order of the White Eagle. In 1762 he backed the Czartoryskis in their struggle against the Prime Minister

Heinrich von Brühl Heinrich, count von Brühl ( pl, Henryk Brühl, 13 August 170028 October 1763), was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incumbency of ...

. He also actively opposed the influence of another magnate family, the Radziwiłłs. He died on 10 December 1771 in

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, and was buried in the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flemming, Georg Detlev 1699 births 1771 deaths Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth People from Vorpommern-Greifswald Counts of the Holy Roman Empire 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian military personnel People from Pomerania People from Swedish Pomerania Georg Detlev Grand Treasurers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)