Aleksander Michał Paweł Sapieha ( lt, Aleksandras Mykolas Sapiega) of

Lis coat of arms Lis (Polish for "Fox") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families of Clan Lis. The legend of the coat of arms In 1058 Duke Casimir I the Restorer while chasing the pagan Lithuanians and Yotvingians who devastated Polish lands, ...

(1730 in Wysokie – 1793 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

) was a noble of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ...

. Son of Kazimierz Leon Sapieha and Karolina Teresa Radziwiłł, he married

Magdalena Agnieszka Sapieżyna Magdalena Agnieszka Sapieżyna (1739-1780), was a Polish aristocrat. She was known as the mistress of King Stanisław August Poniatowski and had a child with him, Michał Cichocki, in 1770. Life She was born as daughter of Prince Antoni Benedykt L ...

in 1756. A protegee of Józef Stanisław Sapieha, he became the

Voivode of Płock Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central Europe, Central, Southeastern Europe, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle ...

in 1753,

Field Lithuanian Hetman Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

from 1762, Grand Lithuanian Chancellor from 1775, marshal of

Lithuanian Tribunal The Lithuanian Tribunal (; pl, Trybunał Główny Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was the highest appellate court for the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was established by King Stephen Báthory in 1581 as the counterpart to th ...

in 1789. He tried to remain neutral in politics but leaned towards the pro-Russian faction; he neither opposed nor support the

Confederation of Bar The Bar Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja barska; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles (szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia (now part of Ukraine) in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish� ...

, a member of the

Great Sejm The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm ( Polish: ''Sejm Wielki'' or ''Sejm Czteroletni''; Lithuanian: ''Didysis seimas'' or ''Ketverių metų seimas'') was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Wars ...

he did not openly criticize or support

May Constitution of Poland 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 ...

; however, given his subsequent positioning as marshal of the

Targowica Confederation 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 ...

, appointed by Russian Empress Catherine the Great, he had an implied opposition to it.

Bibliography

* Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 34 s. 565

External links

* http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/aleksander_michal_pawel_sapieha_1730_1793_hetman_bez_wyrazu.html Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1730 births 1793 deaths Members of the Great Sejm Aleksander Michal Targowica confederates Field Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Grand Chancellors of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania {{Poland-noble-stub