Stanisław Potocki hr.
Piława (, 1659 – 12 September 1683 at the
Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mou ...
), was a Polish
noble,
starost
The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. Th ...
of
Halicz and
Kołomyja,
rotmistrz and
pułkownik
''Polkovnik'' (russian: полковник, lit=regimentary; pl, pułkownik) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandin ...
of cavalry. Son of
Hetman Andrzej Potocki and brother of Hetman
Józef Potocki. He died at the age of around 24.
150px, left, A Memorial Plate in Polish in Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)
He is buried in the Collegiate Church of Stanisławów (now
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
) but his heart remained in Vienna and was buried in the
Franciscan Church.
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Bibliography
* Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 28 s. 153
References
1659 births
1683 deaths
Andrzej
Starost of Halych
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