Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.
His Excellency Michał Jerzy Poniatowski | |
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| Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland | |
 portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli (National Museum in Poznań) - a studio copy of the same work is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw | |
| Born | 12 October 1736 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Died | 12 August 1794 (aged 57) Warsaw, Poland |
| Noble family | Poniatowski |
| Father | Stanisław Poniatowski |
| Mother | Konstancja Czartoryska |
Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (opat tyniecki i czerwinski), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (koadiutor krakowski) from 1773, and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1784.
He was made a knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 25 November 1764. Nine days later, on 4 December, he was made a prince by his brother, the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.
He was made a royal member of the Royal Society in 1791.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Library and Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- Angela Sołtys, Opat z San Michele. Grand Tour prymasa Poniatowskiego i jego kolekcje, Warszawa 2008
- Zofia Zielińska, Poniatowski Michał Jerzy, "Polski Słownik Biograficzny", XXVII, Wrocław 1983.
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