Jan Małachowski (26 January 1698 – 25 June 1762),

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and Białaczów, was

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of the

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in the years 1746–1762, vice-chancellor of the Crown in the years 1735–1746, crown pantler in the years 1734–1735, governor of

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from 17 January 1734 to 30 June 1736,

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(in 1726–1752) and

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(in 1739). He was deputy from the

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to the

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(the national legislature) of 1729. Deputy from the

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to the Sejm of 1732 and the extraordinary Sejm of 1733. As a deputy to the convocation Sejm of 1733 from the Sieradz Voivodeship, he was a member of the general confederation established on April 27, 1733 at that Sejm. Małachowski became the Grand Stolnik of the Crown in 1734, then the Grand Vice-Chancellor of the Crown in 1735. In 1735, he signed the resolution of the General Council of the Warsaw Confederation. On 10 July 1737, he signed a concordat with the

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. On 11 August 1736, at a ceremony in

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, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle (at the time, there was a personal union of the

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and the Kingdom of Poland). He was a fervent supporter of

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, the King of Poland. He intensively sought Russian support. He was also starost of Grodecki and Krzeczów.

Personal life

His father was , the count of Count of Końskie and Białczewo. He married Izabela Humiecka. Among their nine children was Count Stanisław Małachowski II, the prime force behind the Constitution of 1791 for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; and

Jacek Małachowski Jacek Małachowski (; 25 August 1737 – 27 March 1821) was a Polish nobleman, politician and administrator as well as Polish chancellor. He was the son of Jan Małachowski, also a Polish chancellor. One of his four brothers was Count Stanis ...

, another politician and administrator. Jan built a palace in Końskie. The palace and associated park complex remain to this day.Marshal's Office of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, "Końskie - the city of the Grand Chancellor of the Crown Jan Małachowski"; November 2, 2018; accessed: March 30, 2024; https://www.swietokrzyskie.pro/konskie-miasto-kanclerza-wielkiego-koronnego-jana-malachowskiego; language: Polish

References

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