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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
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1864 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Polish nobility 20th-century Polish nobility 19th-century Polish landowners 20th-century Polish landowners People from the Russian Empire {{Poland-scientist-stub
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 Montresor may refer to:
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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.
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1864 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Polish nobility 20th-century Polish nobility 19th-century Polish landowners 20th-century Polish landowners People from the Russian Empire {{Poland-scientist-stub