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This is a list of rulers and officials of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a state under the
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from 1772 to 1918. From the
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starting in September 1772 up to the fall of
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in 1918, the province was directly subordinate to the Emperors of Austria and the government in
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, and then a local Galicia Diet in Lemberg, hence the list includes governors, ministers and other people in charge of the local administration.


Monarchs

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Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...
(1772–1780) *
Joseph II Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 un ...
(1780–1790) * Leopold II (1790–1792) *
Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to: * Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407) * Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450 * Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547 * Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lau ...
(1792 – 2 March 1835) * Ferdinand I (2 March 1835 – 2 December 1848) * Francis Joseph I (2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916) *
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(21 November 1916 – 11 November 1918)


Governors

* Count Johann Anton von Pergen (September 1772 – January 1774) * Count András Hadik (January 1774 – June 1774) * Heinrich Auersperg (June 1774 – June 1780) *
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(June 1780 – October 1794) * Józef Szekely (October 1794 – July 1795) *
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(July 1795 – February 1801) ** Count Josef von Sweerts-Sporck (February 1801 – August 1801), acting * Baron Józef von Úrményi (September 1801 – July 1806) ** Christian Wurmser (July 1806 – March 1809), acting * Peter Goëss (March 1810 – April 1815) ** Georg Oechsner (April 1815 – July 1815), acting * Baron Joseph von Hauer (August 1815 – November 1822), acting til September 1817 * Count
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(November 1822 – August 1826)


Governors-general

* Prince
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(August 1826 – September 1832) * Archduke Ferdinand (September 1832 – July 2, 1846) ** Baron
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(July 1846 – August 1847), acting * Count Franz Stadion von Warthausen und Thannhausen (August 1, 1847 – June 1848) * Baron
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(June 1848 – July 1848) ** Count Agenor Gołuchowski, acting *
Wacław Michał Zaleski Wacław Michał Zaleski (8 September 1799 in Olesko, eastern Galicia – 24 February 1849 in Vienna), pseudonym ''Wacław from Olesko'' ( pl, Wacław z Oleska), was a Polish nobleman, poet, writer, researcher of folklore, theatre critic, political ...
(July 30, 1848 – January 15, 1849) * Count Agenor Gołuchowski (January 15, 1849 – December 13, 1859), 1st time ** Baron Joseph von Kalchberg (1859–1860), acting ** Karl von Mosch (1860–1861), acting * Count Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly (1861 – October 27, 1864) * Baron Franz von Paumgarten (1864 – October 19, 1866) * Count Agenor Gołuchowski (October 20, 1866 – October 7, 1867), 2nd time ** Baron Ludwik Choborski (1867–1871), acting * Count Agenor Gołuchowski (July 20, 1871 – August 3, 1875), 3rd time * Count Alfred Potocki von Piława (November 24, 1875 – August 10, 1883) * Filip Zaleski (August 10, 1883 – September 1888) * Count
Kazimierz Badeni Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (German: ''Kasimir Felix Graf von Badeni'', Polish: ''Kazimierz Feliks hrabia Badeni''; 14 October 1846 – 9 July 1909), a member of the Polish noble House of Badeni, was an Austrian statesman, who served as Minister- ...
(October 1888 – September 1895) * Prince Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko (September 25, 1895 – March 1898) * Count Leon Piniński (March 31, 1898 – June 1903) * Count Andrzej Potocki (June 8, 1903 – April 12, 1908) *
Michał Bobrzyński Michał Hieronim Bobrzyński (Michael Bobrzynski) (30 September 1849 – 3 July 1935) was a Polish historian and conservative politician. Life Bobrzynski was born at Kraków in Galicia. He was educated there, graduating from the '' gymnasium'' ...
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by Orest T. Martynowych (April 28, 1908 – May 14, 1913) * Witold Korytowski (May 14, 1913 – August 20, 1915) * General Government of Galicia and Bukovina (September 1914 – 1915) * Hermann von Colard (August 1915 – April 8, 1916) * Baron Erich von Diller (April 1916 – March 1917), exiled due to Russian occupation * General Government of Galicia and Bukovina (1916 – July 26, 1917) * Count Karl Georg Huyn (1917 – November 1, 1918), in fact subordinate to the Regency Council and its General Commissar Prince Witold Czartoryski.


Military Governors


Napoleonic Wars

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Count Heinrich von Bellegarde Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia (german: Heinrich Joseph Johannes, Graf von Bellegarde or sometimes ''Heinrich von Bellegarde''; 29 August 1756 – 22 July 1845), of a noble Savoyard family, was born in Saxony, joined th ...
(1806–1808), 1st time * ''N/A'' (1808–1809) * Count Heinrich von Bellegarde (1809–1813), 2nd time * Baron Michael von Klienmayr (1813–1814)


World War I

* Georgy Aleksandrovich Bobrynski (September 1914 – 1915), first Russian occupation * Fyodor Fyodorovich Trepov, Jr. (October 4, 1916 – July 26, 1917), second Russian occupation * Dmytro Doroshenko


Marshals of the Galician Diet

After Galicia received autonomy in 1861, much of the power was shifted to a local parliament, the Galicia Diet based in Lemberg (
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). Along with the Polish parliamentary tradition, the chairman of the parliament was named ''marshal''. * Prince
Leon Sapieha Leon Sapieha (1803–1878), sometimes written as Leon Sapiega, was a Galician noble (''szlachcic'') and statesman. Biography Leon was born and educated in Warsaw, and studied law and economics in Paris and Edinburgh from 1820 to 1824. He began ...
(April 11, 1861 – March 19, 1875) * Duke Alfred Potocki von Piława (March 19 – December 1875) * Duke Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki (March 7, 1876 – 1876) * Duke
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(August 8, 1877 – 1881) * Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz (September 14, 1881 – November 6, 1886) * Duke
Jan Tarnowski Jan Amor Tarnowski (Latin: Joannes Tarnovius; 1488 – 16 May 1561) was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was th ...
(November 18, 1886 – 1890) * Prince Eustachy Sanguszko (October 14, 1890 – September 24, 1895) * Duke Stanisław Badeni (October 31, 1895 – October 7, 1901), 1st time * Duke Andrzej Potocki von Piława (October 9, 1901 – 1903) * Duke Stanisław Badeni (June 26, 1903 – June 1912), 2nd time * Adam Gołuchowski von Gołuchowo (1913 – April 15, 1914) * Stanisław Niezabitowski (May 15, 1914 – November 1918)


Ministers of State

''Ministers of State for
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, residing in
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'': ** Kazimierz Grocholski (April 11, 1871 – November 22, 1871), acting ** Josef Unger (November 25, 1871 – April 21, 1873), acting * Baron Florian Ziemiałkowski (April 21, 1873 – October 11, 1888) * Filip Zaleski (October 11, 1888 – November 12, 1892) * ''N/A'' (November 12, 1892 – November 11, 1893) * Apolinary Jaworski (November 11, 1893 – September 29, 1895) **
Leon Biliński Chevalier Leon de Biliński (15 June 1846 in Zalischyky, Galicia, now Ukraine – 14 June 1923 in Vienna) was a Polish-Austrian statesman of the Biliński family. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg monarchy and indepen ...
(September 29, 1895 – January 17, 1897), acting * Edward Rittner (January 17, 1896 – November 30, 1897) * ''Vacant'' (November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1897) * Baron Hermann von Loebl (December 16, 1897 – March 5, 1898) * Adam Jędrzejowicz (March 5, 1898 – October 2, 1899) * Kazimierz Chłędowski (October 2, 1899 – January 18, 1900) * Leonard Piętak (January 19, 1900 – May 28, 1906) * Count
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(June 2, 1906 – November 9, 1907) *
Dawid Abrahamowicz Dawid Abrahamowicz ( hy, Դավիթ Աբրահամովիչ, pl, Dawid Abrahamowicz, ua, Давид Абрагамович; 1839–1926) was a Polish conservative politician and social activist of Armenian descent. Brother of Adolf Abrahamowicz, ...
(November 9, 1907 – March 3, 1909) * Władysław Dulęba (March 3, 1909 – January 9, 1911) * Count Wacław Zaleski (January 9, 1911 – November 19, 1911) * Władysław Długosz (November 19, 1911 – December 28, 1913) * ''Vacant'' (December 28, 1913 – January 2, 1914) * Zdzisław Karol Dzierżykraj-Morawski (January 2, 1914 – October 21, 1916) *
Michał Bobrzyński Michał Hieronim Bobrzyński (Michael Bobrzynski) (30 September 1849 – 3 July 1935) was a Polish historian and conservative politician. Life Bobrzynski was born at Kraków in Galicia. He was educated there, graduating from the '' gymnasium'' ...
(October 31, 1916 – June 23, 1917) * Juliusz Twardowski (June 23, 1917 – July 25, 1918) * Kazimierz Gałecki July 26, 1918 – October 30, 1918)


See also

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List of rulers of Austria This is a list of people who have ruled either the Margraviate of Austria, the Duchy of Austria or the Archduchy of Austria. From 976 until 1246, the margraviate and its successor, the duchy, was ruled by the House of Babenberg. At that time, thos ...
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List of rulers of Partitioned Poland :''This list concerns the monarchs of Partitioned Poland, from 1795 and 19th- and early-20th-century claimants to the Polish throne. For the historical monarchs of Poland until 1795, see List of Polish monarchs.'' Kings of the Kingdom of Poland ...


References


External links


The Cambridge Modern History, Vol.10 (''free preview'') by googlebooks
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