Kazimierz Poniatowski
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Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Kazimierz Poniatowski | |
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| Coat of arms | Ciołek |
| Full name | Ks. Kazimierz Poniatowski herbu Ciołek |
| Born | 15 September 1721 Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 13 April 1800 (aged 78) Warsaw, Prussia |
| Noble family | Poniatowski |
| Spouse | Apolonia Ustrzycka |
| Issue | Stanislaw Poniatowski Konstancja Poniatowska |
| Father | Stanisław Poniatowski |
| Mother | Konstancja Czartoryska |
Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish nobleperson, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), Lieutenant general of the Royal Polish forces, generał wojsk koronnych. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1744 in Warsaw.
He was the eldest of eight surviving children of Princess Konstancja Czartoryska and of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Ciołek coat of arms, Castellan of Kraków. Among his siblings were Canon Franciszek Poniatowski (canon of Krakow Cathedral who suffered from Epilepsy), Aleksander Poniatowski (an officer killed in the Rhineland-Palatinate during the War of the Austrian Succession), Ludwika Zamoyska, Izabella Branicka, Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski (King of Poland and Grand duke of Lithuania), Andrzej Poniatowski (an Austrian Feldmarschall), and Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (Primate of Poland).
He was a great-grandson of the poet, courtier and alleged traitor, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn and through his great-grandmother, Catherine Gordon, lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Louise Gonzaga, he was related to the House of Stuart and thereby connected to the leading families of Scotland, Spain and France.[1][2]
