Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Count Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821) was a Polish noble, politician, writer, publicist, collector and patron of art.

Life

Potocki was a son of General and starost of Lwów, Eustachy Potocki and Anna Kątska, and was a brother of Ignacy Potocki. He married Princess Aleksandra Lubomirska, the daughter of Great Marshal of the Crown, Prince Stanisław Lubomisrki, on June 2, 1776.

He was an alumnus of the Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw, and later studied polonistic, literature and arts in Wilanów. He became Great Podstoli of the Crown in 1781–1784. In 1792, he became an Artillery General of the Crown and participated in the War in Defense of the Constitution. He was a deputy of Lublin and one of the leaders of the Patriotic Party on the Four-Year Sejm.

From 1792 to 1797 he lived abroad.

Potocki was a co-founder of the Society of Friends of Science ("Towarzystwo Przyjaciól Nauk", "TPN") in the Duchy of Warsaw in 1800. From 1807 he was a member of the Governing Commission ("Komisja Rządząca"), chairman of the Education Chamber ("Izba Edukacyjna"), and from 1810 director of the Commission of National Education ("Komisja Edukacji Narodowej").

In 1809 he became chairman of the Council of State ("Rada Stanu") and the Council of Ministers ("Rada Ministrów"). In 1818-20 he was chairman of the Senate.

Potocki organized archaeological excavations in Italy, inter alia in Laurentum in 1779 and Noli in 1785–1786. He collected art, mainly paintings, graphics and antique ceramics. His collection exhibited in Wilanów in 1805, initiating one of the first museums in Poland.

Potocki died on September 14, 1821 and was buried in the church of Wilanów.

Awards

* Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1781.
* Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
* Knight of the Order of Saint Ludwik
* Légion d'honneur

Works

* "Świstek krytyczny", ("Pamiętnik Warszawski" 1816–18)
* "Podróż do Ciemnogrodu" (t. 1–4 1820)

ee also

* History of philosophy in Poland


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