Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski (9 November 1697,
Warsaw
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4 April 1782, Warsaw) was a member of the
Polish nobility (),
magnate. He is the founder of the Czartoryski family fortune.
Life
August became
major-general
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of the Polish Army in 1729,
voivode
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of the
Ruthenian Voivodeship in 1731, general starost of
Podolia
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in 1750–1758, and a
Knight of Malta. He was
starost of
Warsaw
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,
Kościerzyna,
Lubochnia,
Kałusz,
Latowicz
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The town ...
,
Lucyn,
Wąwolnica,
Kupiski and
Pieniań.
He supported
Stanisław Leszczyński
Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at v ...
during the
War of the Polish Succession
The War of the Polish Succession ( pl, Wojna o sukcesję polską; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II of Poland, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of thei ...
. During the reign of
August III
Augustus III ( pl, August III Sas, lt, Augustas III; 17 October 1696 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augu ...
, with his brother
Michał, Czartoryski was a leader of the "
Familia." During the
interregnum of 1763–64, he strove for the Polish crown for himself, later for his son
Adam Kazimierz. From 1764 to 1766, he was marshal of the
General Confederation (); from 1764, a
commander for the Crown. He was a supporter of political reforms during the Republic, and an opponent of the
Radom Confederation Radom Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja radomska, lt, Radomo konfederacija) was a konfederacja of nobility (''szlachta'') in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth formed in Radom on 23 June 1767 to prevent reforms and defend the '' Golden Liberties' ...
.
Awards
* Knight of the
White Eagle Order, awarded 23 July 1731
* Knight of the
Order of Saint Stanislaus
*
Order of Saint Andrzej
Ancestry
External links
* http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/czartoryski_august.html
Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Austrian military personnel
1697 births
1782 deaths
Nobility from Warsaw
People from Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Voivodes of the Ruthenian Voivodeship
Aleksander August
Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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