Kazimierz Krasiński

Politician

1725 – 1802

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Who was Kazimierz Krasiński?

Count Kazimierz Krasiński was a Polish noble, politician and patron of art. He was the son of Antoni Krasiński and Barbara Zielińska.

The last Grand Camp Leader of the Crown of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Chamberlain of King Stanisław Leszczyński and starost of Krasnystaw and Nowe Miasto Korczyn.

In the youth he stayed on the court of King Louis XV and then educated on the Military Cadet School of Stanisław Leszczyński in Lunéville.

He was Marshal of the Sejm on September 30 - November 9, 1782 in Warsaw.

During the Four-Year Sejm in 1788, he was a member of the Military Commission of the Commonwealth and a supporter of the 3rd May Constitution.

He financed and participated in the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. After the Partitions of Poland, he patronized Polish independence organisations and financed scientific publications and printing of books.

He was also a benefactor of the church.

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Born
1725
Also known as
  • Kazimierz Krasinski
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Died
Sep 25, 1802

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on July 23, 2013

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