Alfred Wojciech Potocki

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 of 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. Since 1861 Alfred was member of the National Sejm in Galicia, and member of the Herrenhaus. He served as the 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. His brother was Count 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:

Count Alfred Józef Potocki (1817 or 1822–1889), married Princess Maria Klementyna Sanguszko
Countess Ewa Józefina Julia Potocka (1818–1895), married Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
Countess Zofia Ewa Potocka (1820–1882), married Count Moritz von Dietrichstein (1801–1852)

Bibliography

Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 27 s. 760

References

^ "Genealogia dynastyczna". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
^ "Alfred Potocki z Podhajec h. Pilawa (Srebrna)". Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2021-04-28.