Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko (; 5 May 1712,

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– 14 September 1775,

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) was a

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in the

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. He held the titles of

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and

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. He was not interested in politics, and spent most of his life using the fortunes previous members of the Sanguszko family gathered, spending it on his lavish lifestyle. Indebted, in 1753, he agreed to divide the ''

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ostrogoska'' he inherited from his mother, Marianna Lubomirska, among the members and allies of the '' familia''. This decision, known as the ''transakcja kolbuszowska'', was opposed by the enemy of ''familia'',

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Jan Klemens Branicki Count Jan Klemens Branicki (also known as Jan Kazimierz Branicki; 21 September 1689 – 9 October 1771) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Hetman, Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1735 and 1752, and Great Cro ...

, and was finally accepted by the decision of

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(national parliament) in 1766. He married Konstancja Sanguszko in 1731 but separated after the wedding. He had affair with his secretary Kazimierz Chyliński.Pietrzak, J. (2014) “The Romance between Prince Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko and his Secretary Kazimierz Chyliński”, Klio - Czasopismo Poświęcone Dziejom Polski i Powszechnym, 27(4), s. 3–32. doi: 10.12775/KLIO.2013.049.
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