Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
| Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski | |
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| Spouse(s) | Izabela Fleming |
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| Teresa Czartoryska Maria Anna Czartoryska Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Konstanty Adam Czartoryski Gabriela Czartoryska Zofia Czartoryska |
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| Noble family | Czartoryski |
| Father | August Aleksander Czartoryski |
| Mother | Maria Zofia Sieniawska |
| Born | 1 December 1734 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Died | 19 March 1823 (aged 89) Sieniawa, Austrian Empire |
Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (Lithuanian: Adomas Kazimieras Čartoriskis, 1 December 1734 – 19 March 1823) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, writer, literary and theater critic, and statesman.
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[edit] Life
He was the son of Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship, and Maria Zofia Sieniawska. He married Izabela Fleming on 18 November 1761, in Wołczyn, Poland.
A member of the "Familia," in 1763 he declined to be a candidate for the Polish crown, preferring instead to be a patron of the arts, and withdrawing in favor of Stanisław August Poniatowski.[1] Together with his wife, he created at the Czartoryski Palace in Puławy a major center of Polish intellectual and political life.
He served from 1758 as general starost of Podolia.[1] Founder of the "Little Monitor", in 1765 he co-founded the Monitor, the leading periodical of the Polish Enlightenment. In 1766 he reorganized the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1] In 1767 he joined the Radom Confederation.[1] In 1768 he became the commander of the School of Chivalry (Corps of Cadets).[1] In 1788-1792 he was Deputy from Lublin to the "Four-Year Sejm."[1] Drawing closer the king once again, he became a leader of the Patriotic Party and co-founder of Poland's Commission of National Education.[1] He supported the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791, and headed a diplomatic mission to Dresden, attempting to convince Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony to support the Commonwealth and accept its throne (after Poniatowski's future death).[1] He refused to joint the Targowica Confederation established to bring the Constitution down.
He received the Order of the White Eagle on November 25, 1764.
He was Marshal of the Convocation Sejm of 7 May - 23 June 1764, and of the Extraordinary Sejm of 26–28 June 1812, held in Warsaw.[1] Thus he became Marshal of General Confederation of Kingdom of Poland.
[edit] Remembrance
He is one of the figures immortalized in Jan Matejko's 1891 painting, Constitution of May 3, 1791.
[edit] Awards
- Order of the White Eagle (November 25, 1764).
- Order of Saint Stanisław
- Order of St. Andrew (1762)
- Order of St. Anna
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austria) (1808)
[edit] Works
Czartoryski was an author of numerous comedies and plays.[1] He has also written a critical essay on contemporary Polish literature, Myśli o pismach polskich [Thoughts on Polish Writings] (1810).[2]
- Panna na wydaniu (1771).
- Katechizm kadecki (The Cadet's Catechism, 1774).
- Kawa (Coffee, 1779).
- Myśli o pismach polskich [Thoughts on Polish Writings] (1810).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Jacek Jędruch (November 1982). Constitutions, elections, and legislatures of Poland, 1493-1977: a guide to their history. University Press of America. p. 193. http://books.google.com/books?id=Jl6OAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Jan IJ. van der Meer (2002). Literary activities and attitudes in the Stanislavian age in Poland (1764-1795): a social system?. Rodopi. p. 126. ISBN 978-90-420-0933-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=-98Z_F7SWroC&pg=PA126. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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- Austrian Field Marshals
- Candidates for the Polish elective throne
- Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- 1734 births
- 1823 deaths
- People from Gdańsk
- Polish writers
- Sejm Marshals of a Partitioned Poland
- Members of the Sejm of Duchy of Warsaw
- Czartoryski family
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
- Recipients of the Order of the Golden Fleece
