Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
| His Excellency Michał Jerzy Poniatowski |
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Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland |
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portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli (National Museum in Poznań) - a studio copy of the same work is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw
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| Noble family | Poniatowski |
| Father | Stanisław Poniatowski |
| Mother | Konstancja Czartoryska |
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October 10, 1736 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Died | August 12, 1794 (aged 57) Warsaw, Poland]] |
Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski, born Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.
Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (opat tyniecki i czerwinski), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (koadiutor krakowski) from 1773, and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1784.
He was made a knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 25 November 1764. Nine days later, on 4 December, he was made a prince by his brother, the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.
He was made a Royal Member of the Royal Society in 1791.
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