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Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734-1823) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, writer, literary and theater critic, and statesman.

as the son of Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship, and Maria Zofia Sieniawska. He married Izabela Fleming
Izabela Fleming

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a Poland szlachcianka, writer, art collector, and founder of the first Polish museum, the Czartoryski Museum in Krak?w....
 on November 18, 1761, in Wolczyn, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
.

A member of the "Familia
Familia

Familia was the name of a Poland political party led by the Czartoryski magnates and families allied with them, and formed toward the end of the reign of King August II ....
," in 1763 he declined to be a candidate for the Polish crown, preferring instead to be a patron of the arts.






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Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734-1823) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, writer, literary and theater critic, and statesman.

Life

He was the son of Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship, and Maria Zofia Sieniawska. He married Izabela Fleming
Izabela Fleming

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a Poland szlachcianka, writer, art collector, and founder of the first Polish museum, the Czartoryski Museum in Krak?w....
 on November 18, 1761, in Wolczyn, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
.

A member of the "Familia
Familia

Familia was the name of a Poland political party led by the Czartoryski magnates and families allied with them, and formed toward the end of the reign of King August II ....
," in 1763 he declined to be a candidate for the Polish crown, preferring instead to be a patron of the arts. He became a leader of the Patriotic Party
Patriotic Party

Patriotic Party was a Poland political movement during the Four-Year Sejm of 1788-1792 that sought reforms aimed at bolstering Poland's independence from Russia....
 and co-founder of Poland's Commission of National Education. Together with his wife, he created at the Czartoryski Palace in Pulawy
Pulawy

Pulawy [] is a town in eastern Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, on the Vistula and Kur?wka Rivers. According to the 2006 GUS census estimate, the town had a total population of 49,839....
 a major center of Polish intellectual and political life.

He served from 1758 as general starost of Podolia
Podolia

The region of Podolia is a historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast....
. Founder of the "Little Monitor", in 1765 he co-founded the Monitor
Monitor (Polish newspaper)

Monitor was the first newspaper in Poland, printed from 1765 to 1785, during the times of the Polish Enlightenment. It was founded in March 1765 by Ignacy Krasicki and Franciszek Bohomolec, with the active support from Polish king Stanislaw August Poniatowski....
, the leading periodical of the Polish Enlightenment. In 1768 he became the commander of the School of Chivalry (Corps of Cadets
Corps of Cadets

Corps of Cadets may refer to:* Cadet Corps * Corps of Cadets , Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth* United States Military Academy Corps of Cadets...
). In 1788-1792 he was Deputy from Lublin
Lublin

Lublin is the largest city in Poland east of the Vistula, and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 . It is List of cities and towns in Poland....
 to the historic "Four-Year Sejm." He supported the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, and refused to joint the Targowica Confederation
Targowica Confederation

The Targowica Confederation was a Confederation of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates agreed upon on 27 April 1792 in Saint Petersburg with the backing of Empress Catherine II of Russia of Russian Empire....
 established to bring it down.

He was Marshal of the Convocation Sejm
Convocation sejm

Convocation sejm was a special sejm in pre-Partitions of Poland Poland that, upon vacancy of the throne, was summoned to Warsaw by the Primate of Poland, acting as Interrex ....
 of May 7 - June 23, 1764, and of the Extraordinary Sejm of June 26 - June 28, 1812, held in Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
. Thus he became Marshal of General Confederation of Kingdom of Poland.

Herb Czartoryski

Awards

  • Order of the White Eagle
    Order of the White Eagle

    The Order of the White Eagle is Poland's highest Order awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits. It was officially instituted on November 1, 1705 by Augustus II the Strong and bestowed on eight of his supporters, four Polish magnates, three Russian field marshals, amongs them Peter von Lacy and one Cossack hetman....
     (November 25, 1764).
  • Order of Saint Stanislaw
    Order of Saint Stanislaus

    The Order of Saint Stanislaus , also spelled Stanislas, was an Order in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and The Kingdom of Poland between 1765 and 1831....
    .


Works

  • Panna na wydaniu (1771).
  • Katechizm kadecki (The Cadet's Catechism, 1774).
  • Kawa (Coffee, 1779).
  • Mysli o pismach polskich (1810).



See also

  • Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
    Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

    Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Czartoryski family szlachta, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming ....