August Aleksander Czartoryski

August Aleksander Czartoryski
Born	(1697-11-09)9 November 1697 Warsaw, Poland
Died	4 April 1782(1782-04-04) (aged 84) Warsaw, Poland
Noble family	Czartoryski
Spouse(s)	Maria Zofia Sieniawska
Issue	Elżbieta Czartoryska Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski Stanisław Czartoryski
Father	Kazimierz Czartoryski
Mother	Izabela Elżbieta Morsztyn

Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski (9 November 1697, Warsaw – 4 April 1782, Warsaw) was a member of the Polish nobility (Polish: szlachcic), magnate. He is founder of the founder of the Czartoryski family fortune.

Life

August became major-general of the Polish Army in 1729, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in 1731, general starost of Podolia in 1750–1758, and a Knight of Malta. He was starost of Warsaw, Kościerzyna, Lubochnia, Kałusz, Latowicz, Lucyn, Wąwolnica, Kupiski and Pieniań.

He supported Stanisław Leszczyński during the War of the Polish Succession. During the reign of August III, with his brother Michał, Czartoryski was a leader of the "Familia." During the interregnum of 1763–64, he strove for the Polish crown for himself, later for his son Adam Kazimierz. From 1764 to 1766, he was marshal of the General Confederation (Polish: konfederacja generalna); from 1764, a commander for the Crown. He was a supporter of political reforms during the Republic, and an opponent of the Radom Confederation.

Awards

• Knight of the White Eagle Order, awarded 23 July 1731
• Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
• Order of Saint Andrzej

Ancestry

16. Prince Jerzy Czartoryski

8. Prince Mikołaj Jerzy Czartoryski

17. Izabela Aleksandra Wiśniowiecka

4. Prince Michał Jerzy Czartoryski

18. Prince Joachim Korecki

9. Princess Izabela Korecka

19. Anna Chodkiewicz

2. Prince Kazimierz Czartoryski

20. Adam Olędzki

10. Tomasz Olędzki

21. Dorota Świerczewska

5. Joanna Weronika Olędzka

22. Stefan Dobrogost Grzybowski

11. Anny Grzybowska

23. Maria Joanna Petinger

1. August Aleksander Czartoryski

24. Count Stanisław Daniłowicz

12. Count Mikołaj Daniłowicz

25. Katarzyna Tarło

6. Count Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

26. Paweł Uchański

13. Helena Uchańska

27. Anna Herburt Dobromilska

3. Countess Izabela Elżbieta Morsztyn

28. George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

14. George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly

29. Lady Henriette Stewart

7. Lady Catherine Gordon of Huntly

30. Archibald Campbell, 7th Count of Argyll

15. Lady Anne Campbell

31. Lady Anne Douglas

External links

• http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/czartoryski_august.html

Predessor Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski

Ruthenian Voivode 1731–1782

Successor Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki