Antoni Michał Potocki (died 11 April 1766) was the Lieutenant-General of the Crown Army of Poland in 1754, voivode of
Belz
Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz urban hromada, one of ...
between 1732 and 1763, and the
Lithuanian Great Deputy Master of the Pantry.
He was the son of Teresa Tarło and Aleksander Jan Potocki. In 1730 he married Ludwika Maria Sapieha, the daughter of
Aleksander Paweł Sapieha and Maria Krystyna de Béthune, niece of Queen
Marie Casimire. With her, he had one son, Jan Prosper Potocki.
In 1733 he was a signatory to the election of
Stanisław Leszczyński
Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...
as king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. In 1744 he published ''Do Panów obojga stanów'' in which he recommended reforms, especially that of allowing city-dwellers a more active political role.
In 1726 he was awarded the
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
History
The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor ...
, in 1745 the
Order of the White Eagle, in 1730
Order of St. Andrew.
References
Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
18th-century Polish nobility
Voievodes of Belz
1766 deaths
Year of birth missing
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
18th-century Polish–Lithuanian military personnel
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