Polish nobleman and landowner
Count Alfred Wojciech Potocki hr. Piława (1785–1862) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic ), landowner, political and economic activist.[ 1] [ 2]
Alfred was the 1st Ordynat Łańcut estates. From 1809 until 1815 he served in the Polish Army . In 1812 he became aide-de-camp of Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski and participated in Napoleon 's campaign against Russia .
In 1838 he created the Łańcut Ordynacja National Sejm in Galicia , and member of the Herrenhaus Austrian councillor and was the Galician Great Ochmistrz
Alfred helped to modernize the agriculture in Galicia. He founded textile (1839–1844) and sugar (1836–1841) factories. He was co-founder of the "Estate Credit Society" in Lwów . Since 1823 he ran the Lubomirski family distillery in Łańcut , which exists today under the name Polmos Łańcut .
His father was the writer Jan Potocki , best known for his famous novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Artur Potocki (1787–1832), who married Countess Zofia Branicka .
Marriage and issue
Alfred Wojciech married Princess Józefina Maria Czartoryska on 21 June 1814 and had four children:
Bibliography
Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 27 s. 760
References
International National People
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