Prince Andrzej Poniatowski, born Count Andrzej Poniatowski (July 16, 1734/1735-March 3/5 1773) was a Polish-Lithuanian

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...

 nobleman (Szlachcic), General and Field Marshal.

Andrzej was a son of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan

Castellan

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 of Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

, and Princess Konstancja Czartoryska

Konstancja Czartoryska (1700-1759)

Princess Konstancja Czartoryska was a daughter of the Polish–Lithuanian magnate Kazimierz Czartoryski....

, the brother of King Stanisław August Poniatowski of Poland and the father of Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of France.-Early Austrian years and war with Turkey:...

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He became Starost of Pieńsk

Piensk

Pieńsk is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Pieńsk, and stands on the east bank of the Lusatian Neisse river, which forms the border between Poland and Germany...

 (starost prenski), Lieutenant-General in 1760 and Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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 in 1771 both in Austrian service and disguised himself during the Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War

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. In 1764 he came back to Poland and supported his brother in the royal elections in Poland. The Coronation Sejm awarded him the Polish title of Prince on December 4, 1764, Empress Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa of Austria

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 on December 10, 1765 the Bohemian title of Prince, and Emperor Joseph II

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

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 the Austrian title of Prince.

He married May 3, 1761 Maria Theresia Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (14 February 1736/1740-September 25, 1806), daughter of Leopold-Ferdinand Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (Chlumec nad Cidlinou

Chlumec nad Cidlinou

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 (Chlumetz), January 17, 1713-October 24, 1760) and wife (married in Vienna, September 6, 1734) Maria Teresa Capece dei Marchesi di Rofrano (June 3, 1715-November 12, 1778) by whom he had a daughter, Marija Teresa (baptized on November 28, 1760 – Tours

Tours

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, November 2, 1834), married in 1778 and later divorced Wincenty Graf Tyszkiewicz (died 1816), referendarz wielki litewski, and a son, Józef Antoni Poniatowski.

He died in Vienna

Vienna

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Awards

• Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1766.