Prince Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski (4 February 1711–1777) was a Polish nobleman (

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). Józef became

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of Lithuania in 1744,

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of Nowogródek Voivodeship from 1755 to 1772 and

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, Korsuń,

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, Wołpenia, Rakancin and Ławara. He founded the Societas Jablonoviana (Towarzystwo Naukowe Jablonowskich) – "Science Society of the Jablonowski Family". He died in 1777 and was buried in the Pleissenburg Castle in

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, Germany.

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Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish bibliographers 1711 births 1777 deaths Jozef Aleksander Jablonowski Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{Poland-noble-stub