List of Galician rulers
Encyclopedia
This is a list of rulers and officials of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
, a state under the Habsburg Monarchy
from 1772 to 1918. From the Partitions of Poland
starting in September 1772 up to the fall of Austria-Hungary
in 1918, the province was directly subordinate to the Emperors of Austria and the government in Vienna
, and then a local Galicia Diet in Lemberg, hence the list includes governors, ministers and other people in charge of the local administration.
). Along with the Polish parliamentary tradition, the chairman of the parliament was named marshal.
, residing in Vienna
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Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
, a state under the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
from 1772 to 1918. From the Partitions of Poland
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...
starting in September 1772 up to the fall of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
in 1918, the province was directly subordinate to the Emperors of Austria and the government in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and then a local Galicia Diet in Lemberg, hence the list includes governors, ministers and other people in charge of the local administration.
Monarchs
- Maria TheresaMaria Theresa of AustriaMaria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma...
(1740–1780) - Joseph IIJoseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I...
(1780–1790) - Leopold VIILeopold II, Holy Roman EmperorLeopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa...
(1790–1792) - Francis IFrancis II, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
(1792 – 2 March 1835) - Ferdinand IFerdinand I of AustriaFerdinand I was Emperor of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary and Bohemia , as well as associated dominions from the death of his father, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, until his abdication after the Revolutions of 1848.He married Maria Anna of Savoy, the sixth child...
(2 March 1835 – 2 December 1848) - Francis Joseph I (2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916)
- Charles I (21 November 1916 – 11 November 1918)
Governors
- Count Johann von Persen (September 1772 – January 1774)
- Count András Hadik (January 1774 – June 1774)
- Heinrich Auersperg (June 1774 – June 1780)
- Józef Brigido (June 1780 – October 1794)
- Józef Szekely (October 1794 – July 1795)
- Jan Gaisruck (July 1795 – February 1801)
- Count Josef von Sweerts-Sporck (February 1801 – August 1801), acting
- Baron Józef von Úrményi (September 1801 – July 1806)
- Christian Wurmser (July 1806 – March 1809), acting
- Peter Goess (March 1810 – April 1815)
- Georg Oechsner (April 1815 – July 1815), acting
- Baron Joseph von Hauer (August 1815 – November 1822), acting til September 1817
- Count Ludwig Taafe (November 1822 – August 1826)
Governors-general
- Prince August von Lobkowitz (August 1826 – September 1832)
- Archduke FerdinandArchduke Ferdinand of AustriaThere have been several men titled Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, including:*Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph , better known as Franz Ferdinand, was Heir to the Austrian throne from 1896 until he was assassinated in 1914, sparking World War IOthers who have held the title:*Archduke...
(September 1832 – July 2, 1846)- Baron Franz von Hochfelden (July 1846 – August 1847), acting
- Count Franz Stadion von Warthausen und ThannhausenFranz Stadion, Count von WarthausenFranz Stadion, Graf von Warthausen , son of the Austrian diplomat Johann Philipp von Stadion. Born in Vienna, he was a statesman who served the Austrian Empire during the 1840s...
(August 1, 1847 – June 1848) - Baron Wilhelm von Hammerstein (June 1848 – July 1848)
- Count Agenor Gołuchowski, acting
- Wenzel Zalewski (July 30, 1848 – January 15, 1849)
- Count Agenor Gołuchowski (January 15, 1849 – December 13, 1859), 1st time
- Baron Joseph von Kalchberg (1859 – 1860), acting
- Karl von Mosch (1860 – 1861), acting
- Count Alexander Mensdorff-PouillyAlexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince Dietrichstein von NicolsburgCount Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly , was an Austrian general, diplomat and politician, including two years as Minister of Foreign Affairs and one month's service as Minister-President of Austria....
(1861 – October 27, 1864) - Baron Franz von Paumgarten (1864 – October 19, 1866)
- Count Agenor Gołuchowski (October 20, 1866 – October 7, 1867), 2nd time
- Baron Ludwik Choborski (1867–1871), acting
- Count Agenor Gołuchowski (July 20, 1871 – August 3, 1875), 3rd time
- Count Alfred PotockiAlfred Józef PotockiCount Alfred Józef Potocki was a Polish nobleman , landowner, politician, monarchist, liberal-conservatist....
von Pilawa (November 24, 1875 – August 10, 1883) - Filip Zaleski (August 10, 1883 – September 1888)
- Count Kazimierz Badeni (October 1888 – September 1895)
- Prince Eustachy Sanguszko (September 25, 1895 – March 1898)
- Count Leon Piliński (March 31, 1898 – June 1903)
- Count Andrzej Potocki (June 8, 1903 – April 12, 1908)
- Count Michał Bobrzyński (April 28, 1908 – May 14, 1913)
- Witold Korytowski (May 14, 1913 – August 20, 1915)
- De facto controlled by Russian military governor (September 1914 – 1915)
- Hermann von Colard (August 1915 – April 8, 1916)
- Baron Erich von Diller (April 1916 – March 1917), exiled due to Russian occupation
- De facto controlled by Russian military governor (1916 – July 26, 1917)
- Count Karl Georg Huyn (1917 – November 1, 1918), in fact subordinate to the Regency CouncilRegency Councilright|thumb|Regency Council: Ostrowski, Kakowski, LubomirskiThe Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland was a semi-independent and temporary highest authority during World War I, formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary in the occupied Polish territories in September 1917. It was supposed to stay...
and its General Commissar Prince Witold CzartoryskiWitold CzartoryskiPrince Witold Czartoryski was a Polish noble .Duke von Klewán and Zuków.Witold married Maria Grocholska on October 30, 1851 in Paris....
Napoleonic Wars
- Count Heinrich von Bellegarde (1806–1808), 1st time
- N/A (1808 – 1809)
- Count Heinrich von Bellegarde (1809–1813), 2nd time
- Baron Michael von Klienmayr (1813–1814)
World War I
- Georgy Aleksandrovich Bobrynski (September 1914 – 1915), first Russian occupation
- Fyodor Fyodorovich Trepov, Jr. (October 4, 1916 – July 26, 1917), second Russian occupation
Marshals of the Galician Diet
After Galicia received autonomy in 1861, much of the power was shifted to a local parliament, the Galicia Diet based in Lemberg (LvivLviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
). Along with the Polish parliamentary tradition, the chairman of the parliament was named marshal.
- Prince Leon SapiehaLeon SapiehaLeon Sapieha was a Polish noble , politician and statesman.Leon was born and educated in Warsaw, and studied law and economic in Paris and Edinburgh from 1820 to 1824. He began to work in the administration in the Polish Kingdom...
(April 11, 1861 – March 19, 1875) - Duke Alfred Potocki von Pilawa (March 19 – December 1875)
- Duke Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki (March 7, 1876 – 1876)
- Duke Ludwik Wodzicki (August 8, 1877 – 1881)
- Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz (September 14, 1881 – November 6, 1886)
- Duke Jan TarnowskiJan TarnowskiJan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish szlachcic . He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil Lake....
(November 18, 1886 – 1890) - Prince Eustachy Sanguszko (October 14, 1890 – September 24, 1895)
- Duke Stanisław Badeni (October 31, 1895 – October 7, 1901), 1st time
- Duke Andrzej Potocki von Pilawa (October 9, 1901 – 1903)
- Duke Stanisław Badeni (June 26, 1903 – June 1912), 2nd time
- Adam Gołuchowski von Gołuchowo (1913 – April 15, 1914)
- Stanisław Niezabitowski (May 15, 1914 – November 1918)
Ministers of State
Ministers of State for GaliciaKingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
, residing in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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- Kazimierz Grocholski (April 11, 1871 – November 22, 1871), acting
- Josef Unger (November 25, 1871 – April 21, 1873), acting
- Baron Florian Ziemiałkowski (April 21, 1873 – October 11, 1888)
- Filip Zaleski (October 11, 1888 – November 12, 1892)
- N/A (November 12, 1892 – November 11, 1893)
- Apolinary Jaworski (November 11, 1893 – September 29, 1895)
- Leon BilińskiLeon BilińskiLeon Biliński was a Polish-Austrian statesman. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg Monarchy and independent Poland: He was President of Austrian State Railways , Minister of Finance of Austria and...
(September 29, 1895 – January 17, 1897), acting
- Leon Biliński
- Edward Rittner (January 17, 1896 – November 30, 1897)
- Vacant (November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1897)
- Baron Hermann von Loebl (December 16, 1897 – March 5, 1898)
- Adam Jędrzejowicz (March 5, 1898 – October 2, 1899)
- Kazimierz Chłędowski (October 2, 1899 – January 18, 1900)
- Leonard Piętak (January 19, 1900 – May 28, 1906)
- Count Wojciech Dzieduszycki (June 2, 1906 – November 9, 1907)
- Dawid Abrahamowicz (November 9, 1907 – March 3, 1909)
- Władysław Dulęba (March 3, 1909 – January 9, 1911)
- Wacław Zaleski (January 9, 1911 – November 19, 1911)
- Władysław Długosz (November 19, 1911 – December 28, 1913)
- Vacant (December 28, 1913 – January 2, 1914)
- Zdzisław Karol Dzierżykraj-Morawski (January 2, 1914 – October 21, 1916)
- Michał Bobrzyński (October 31, 1916 – June 23, 1917)
- Juliusz Twardowski (June 23, 1917 – July 25, 1918)
- Kazimierz Gałecki July 26, 1918 – October 30, 1918)