Elżbieta Lubomirska
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Count Roman Ignacy Potocki |
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Portrait attributed to Alexander Kucharsky |
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| Coat of arms | Clan Piława |
| Spouse(s) | Elżbieta Lubomirska |
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| Father | Eustachy Potocki |
| Mother | Marianna Kątska |
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28 February 1750 Radzyń Podlaski, Poland |
| Died | 30 August 1809 (aged 59) Vienna, Austria |
Count Roman Ignacy Potocki, generally known as Ignacy Potocki, (Polish pronunciation: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 1750–1809) was a Polish nobleman, member of the influential magnate , owner of Klementowice and Olesin (near Kurów), a politician, writer, and office holder. He was the 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.
He was an educational activist, member of the Commission of National Education and the initiator and president of Society for Elementary Textbooks. He was an opponent of king Stanisław II August in the 1770s and 1780s, and a major figure in the Polish politics of that era. During the Great Sejm he was a leader of the Patriotic Party and the reform movement and eventually backed the King in many reform projects. An advocate of a pro-Prussian orientation, he helped conclude an alliance with Prussia in 1790. He co-authored the Constitution of 3 May 1791.
Potocki was born in Radzyń on 28 February 1750 into the influential magnate . He was the son of Eustachy Potocki and Marianna Kątska, brother of Jerzy Michał Potocki, Jan Nepomucen Eryk Potocki and .
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