Jan Potocki
Politician, Noble person
1761 – 1815
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Who was Jan Potocki?
Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland. Outside Poland he is known chiefly for his novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1761
Kalynivka Raion - Also known as
- Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki
- Jean Potocki
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Julia Lubomirska
(1783/05/09 - 1794/08/26) - Konstancja Potocka
(1798 - 1809)
- Julia Lubomirska
- Children
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 23, 1815
Vinnytsia
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on July 23, 2013
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