Count Władysław Grzegorz Branicki (25 February 1783 in

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– 27 August 1843 in Warsaw) was a Polish

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, senator and general in the Russian military. He was a putative grandson of

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, through his maternal line. He was owner of the immense Biała Cerkiew estates. After an army career where he was much decorated, he became a

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and political adviser in

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Marriage and issue

In 1813 Władysław Grzegorz married Countess Róża Potocka, officially the daughter of

Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki Count Stanisław Szczęsny Feliks Potocki (; 1751–1805), of the Piława coat of arms, known as Szczęsny PotockiE. Rostworowski, Potocki Stanisław Szczęsny (Feliks) herbu Pilawa, n:Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. XXVIII, Wrocław–Wars ...

and the artist,

Józefina Amalia Mniszech Countess Józefina Amalia Mniszech (1752–1798) was a Polish szlachta, noblewoman, List of State Ladies of Imperial Russia, State Lady, Dame of the Order of Saint Catherine, amateur painter, and art collector. Early life By birth a member of th ...

. They had seven children: * Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1816–1879), married to Countess Pelagia Zamoyska Rembielińska * Eliza Branicka (1820–1876), married first, Count

Zygmunt Krasiński Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who ...

then his brother, Ludwik Krasiński *

Aleksander Branicki Aleksander Branicki (1821 – 20 October 1877) was a Polish traveller, collector, and naturalist. He was a member of the Polish aristocratic family: House of Branicki (Korczak). He owned Sucha castle. Life and work Branicki was born in Byl ...

(1821–1877), married Anna Ninna Hołyńska Klamry coat of arms * Zofia Katarzyna Branicka (1821 or 1824–1886), married Prince Livio

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(1805–1885) * Konstanty Grzegorz Branicki (1824–1884), married Countess Jadwiga

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* Katarzyna Branicka (1825–1907), married Count Adam Józef Potocki * Władysław Michał Branicki (1826–1884), inherited Biała Cerkiew (due to his eldest brother's forced exile), married Princess Maria Aniela Sapieha

Honours and awards

* Order of the White Eagle * Order of St. Anna, 1st class * Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class *

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, 4th class * Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Russia) *

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(Prussia) *

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(Prussia) * Kulm Cross *

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(Bavaria) *

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of 1813 (Prussia) * Order of Military Merit, (Württemberg) *

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Bibliography

* ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' t. 2 s. 412 * Marek Ruszczyc, ''Dzieje rodu i fortuny Branickich'', Warszawa 1991

References

1783 births 1843 deaths Polish generals in the Imperial Russian Army Wladyslaw Grzegorz Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery Recipients of the Military Order of Max Joseph Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (France) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1813) Knights Hospitaller Russian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars 19th-century Polish landowners People from Congress Poland {{Poland-politician-stub