Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński-Światopełk: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 17:11, 8 September 2011

Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński-Światopełk (1748–1794) was a noble (szlachcic) and politician in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Held the title of Prince. He was known as one of the Polish magnates bribed by the Russian Empire. Member of many Sejms, including the 1772 and 1775, and the partition Sejm. He was a member of the commission negotiation the First Partition of Poland, an opponent of the Constitution of May 3 and participant of the Confederation of Targowica. Awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaw in 1785. Castellan of Przemyśl since 1790

In the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising during the Kościuszko Uprising, he was imprisoned by the Polish revolutionaries. On 28 June 1794 an angry mob stormed the prison, and he was hanged together with other people declared traitors, like bishop Ignacy Jakub Massalski.

Remembrance

Światopełk is one of the figures immortalized in Jan Matejko's 1891 painting, Constitution of May 3, 1791.

References

Template:Polish

Template:Persondata

This biography of a Polish noble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-'''Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński-Światopełk''' (1748–1794) was a noble (''[[szlachcic]]'') and politician in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]].  Held the title of [[Prince]].  He was known as one of the Polish [[magnate]]s bribed by the [[Russian Empire]].  Member of many [[Sejm]]s, including the 1772 and 1775, and the [[partition Sejm]].  He was a member of the commission negotiation the [[First Partition of Poland]], an opponent of the [[Constitution of May 3]] and participant of the [[Confederation of Targowica]].  Awarded the [[Order of Saint Stanislaw]] in 1785.  [[Castellan]] of [[Przemyśl]] since 1790
+'''Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński-Światopełk''' (1748–1794) was a noble (''[[szlachcic]]'') and politician in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]].  Held the title of [[Prince]]. He was known as one of the Polish [[magnate]]s bribed by the [[Russian Empire]].  Member of many [[Sejm]]s, including the 1772 and 1775, and the [[partition Sejm]]. He was a member of the commission negotiation the [[First Partition of Poland]], an opponent of the [[Constitution of May 3]] and participant of the [[Confederation of Targowica]]. Awarded the [[Order of Saint Stanislaw]] in 1785.  [[Castellan]] of [[Przemyśl]] since 1790
 In the aftermath of the [[Warsaw Uprising (1794)|Warsaw Uprising]] during the [[Kościuszko Uprising]], he was imprisoned by the Polish revolutionaries.  On 28 June 1794 an [[angry mob]] stormed the prison, and he was hanged together with other people declared traitors, like [[bishop]] [[Ignacy Jakub Massalski]].
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 [[Category:1794 deaths]]
 [[Category:Polish nobility]]
-[[Category:Russian people of the Polish–Russian War of 1792]]
+[[Category:People of the Polish–Russian War of 1792]]
 {{Poland-noble-stub}}