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Kazimierz Krasinski

Kazimierz Krasiński
Noble Family Krasiński
Coat of Arms Ślepowron
Parents Antoni Krasinski
Barbara Zielinska
Consorts Eustachia Potocka
Elżbieta Potocka
Anna Ossolińska
Children with Anna Ossolińska
Jan Wawrzyniec Krasiński
Elźbieta Krasińska
Date of Birth 1725
Place of Birth  ?
Date of Death September 25, 1802
Place of Death  ?

Count Kazimierz Krasiński (1725-1802) was a Polish noble, politician and patron of art.

The last Grand Camp Leader of the Crown (since 1763) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Szambelan of King Stanisław Leszczyński and starost of Krasnystaw and Nowe Miasto.

In the youth he stayed on the court of King Henry IV of France and then educated on the Military Cadet School of Stanisław Leszczyński in Luneville.

He was Marshal of the Sejm (ordinary) on September 30 - November 9, 1782 in Warsaw.

During the Four-Year Sejm in 1788, he was a member of the Military Commission of the Commonwealth and a supporter of the 3rd May Constitution.

He financed and participated in the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. After the Partitions of Poland, he patronized Polish independence organisations and financed scientific publications and printing of books.

He was also a benefactor of the church.

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