Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki

Who was Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki?

Count Stanisław Szczęsny Feliks Potocki, of the Piława coat of arms, was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian szlachta and a military commander of the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then Poland. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in August 1775.

He was Great Chorąży of the Crown in 1774–1780, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodeship in 1782–1791, Great Lieutenant General of the Crown since 1784, General of Artillery of the Crown in 1789–1792, Marshal of the Targowica Confederation in 1792, starost bełski, hrubieszowski, sokalski, hajsyński, zwinogrodzki. His daughter Olga married Lev Alexandrovitch Narychkine.