Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (1745–1802) was a notable

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nobleman, politician, art collector, Freemason, and the

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during the last years of the

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, in 1792 and 1794.

Biography

Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski was born in Stary Białcz ( Greater Poland Voivodeship). He was deputy of

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for the Great Sejm and one of the co-authors of the reforms of treasury passed by the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

during the

Constitution of 3 May 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 ...

. In 1791 he co-founded the Society of Friends of the Constitution, and was among the most notable supporters of the reforms passed by that act, along with Hugo Kołłątaj and

Ignacy Potocki Count Roman Ignacy Potocki, generally known as Ignacy Potocki (; 1750–1809), was a Polish nobleman, member of the influential magnate Potocki family, owner of Klementowice and Olesin (near Kurów), a politician, writer, and office holder. H ...

. In 1792 he became the

, but was overthrown by the

confederation of Targowica The Targowica Confederation ( pl, konfederacja targowicka, , lt, Targovicos konfederacija) was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catheri ...

. After the outbreak of the Kościuszko's Insurrection and the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 he again held that post. Simultaneously, he held a number of important government posts during the war with Russia, among them he headed the

Provisional Temporary Council The Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia ( pl, Rada Zastępcza Tymczasowa Księstwa Mazowieckiego) was a government ''ad interim'' of Warsaw and the Masovian Voivodeship, liberated in the Warsaw Insurrection during the Kościuszko Uprising. ...

and the

Supreme National Council Supreme National Council ( pl, Rada Najwyższa Narodowa) was the central civil government of Poland loyal to the Kościuszko Insurrection. Created by Kościuszko on 10 May 1794 in Połaniec camp, it had 8 councillors and 32 deputies. See also

...

. After that part of Poland, along with Warsaw, was finally annexed in the effect of the Third Partition, he was arrested by the Russians and imprisoned in St. Petersburg. Released from prison in 1796, he returned to Poland and spent the remainder of his life in a small manor in

Żelechów Żelechów (Yiddish language, Yiddish זשעלעכאָוו) is a town in east Poland in Masovian Voivodeship in Garwolin County. It is the seat of Gmina Żelechów. Żelechów is from Warsaw and far from Lublin. More than 4000 people live in t ...

. He died on 15 February 1802.

Remembrance

Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski is one of the characters immortalized in

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...

's 1891 painting, Constitution of 3 May 1791.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakrzewski, Ignacy Wyssogota 1745 births 1802 deaths People from Międzychód County 18th-century Polish nobility Mayors of Warsaw Kościuszko insurgents Members of the Great Sejm Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)