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Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki (generally known as
Ignacy Potocki, 1750-1809), brother of
Stanisław Kostka Potocki, was a
Polish nobleman, owner of
Klementowice, Marshal of the
Permanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) in 1778-1782,
Grand Clerk of Lithuania from
1773,
Court Marshal of Lithuania from
1783,
Grand Marshal of Lithuania from
16 April,
1791 to
1794, and a
politician and
writer.
He was an alumnus of the
Collegium Nobilium in
Warsaw,
Poland, and later studied
theology and
law in
Rome. As a member (1772-1791) of
Poland's
Commission for National Education (
Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)– the world's first ministry of education – he presided over the
Society for Elementary Textbooks (Towarzystwo do Ksiąg
Elementarnych).
De facto head of the "
Familia" and at first an opponent of King
Stanisław II August, during the
Four-Year Sejm (1788-1792) Potocki backed the King and was a leader of the
Patriotic Party and the
reform movement. An advocate of a pro-
Prussian orientation, he helped conclude an alliance (
March 29,
1790) with
Prussia. He co-authored the
Constitution of May 3, 1791.
Following the victory of the
Targowica Confederation and the of the
May 3rd Constitution, Potocki emigrated from the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He co-authored a work with
Hugo Kołłątaj,
On the Adoption and Fall of the Polish May 3rd Constitution (
O ustanowieniu i upadku Konstytucji Polskiej 3-go Maja,
1793).
Potocki participated in preparations for the
Kościuszko Uprising of
1794, in which he served as a member of the
Supreme National Council (Rada Najwyższa Narodowa). Upon suppression of the Uprising, he was imprisoned by the
Tsarist Russian authorities.
Released in
1796, Potocki settled in
Galicia (southern Poland) and devoted himself to historical studies.
He married Elżbieta Lubomirska in
1773. He became Knight of the
Order of White Eagle in
1778.
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