Coat of arms Pilawa Father Jozef Potocki Name Franciszek Potocki | Family Potocki Mother Teofila Teresa Cetner Parents Jozef Potocki | |
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Consort Zofia RzeczyckaAnna Elzbieta Potocka Died October 22, 1772, Chervonohrad, Ukraine Children Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki Grandchildren Olga Potocka, Konstancja Potocka, Mieczyslaw Franciszek Potocki, Roza Potocka, Sofia Kiselyova Grandparents Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, Krystyna Lubomirska Similar People Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki, Gertruda Komorowska, Zofia Potocka, Mieczyslaw Franciszek Potocki, Jerzy August Mniszech | ||
Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700–1772) was a Polish nobleman. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1750 in Warsaw. The richest magnate of his time, owner of huge properties in the Dnipro Ukraine (Crown of Poland). Nicknamed "Litlle King of Ruthenia" ("krolik Rusi").
Franciszek became Krajczy of the Crown in 1736, Field Clerk of the Crown and voivode of Volhynian Voivodship in 1755, voivode of Kijow Voivodship in 1755–1771 and starost of Belz, Hrubieszow, Ropczyce, Sokal, Jablonow and Opalin.
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