Stanisław Małachowski

August 24, 1736 (age 72)

Konskie, Poland

After studying he was elected provincial deputy to the Sejm in 1764 . In 1771 he was appointed clerk of the United Polish crown. As a member of the House of Deputies in the Sejm, he earned great respect. He belonged to a member of the Permanent Council of the Government and was appointed Marshal (President) of the Four-year Sejm (1788-1792). In this capacity he was one of the main authors of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. He signed, as Marshal of the Sejm in 1790, the treaty of alliance with Prussia with the aim to protect Poland from foreign domination. In 1792 he negotiated in vain with a Saxon delegation on the introduction of the hereditary transmission of the Polish crown to the King of Saxony. During the Russo-Polish war of 1792, he provided substantial funds and large quantities of food for the Polish troops available from his own resources. But since he could not prevent the pro-Russian Targowica Confederation, he fled abroad. He did not take part in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. In 1799, he was nevertheless arrested in Warsaw and imprisoned for a year in Kraków as a state prisoner, being accused of responsibility for a meeting of the Polish Sejm in Milan. After the founding of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, he was first chairman of a provisional government commission and soon became President of the Senate. Stanisław Małachowski died on December 28, 1809, and his tomb is located in the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw.

Stanisław Małachowski

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Background

Stanisław Małachowski was born on August 24, 1736, in Końskie, Kingdom of Poland (now Poland).

Education

Stanisław Małachowski studied the law.

Career

After studying he was elected provincial deputy to the Sejm in 1764 . In 1771 he was appointed clerk of the United Polish crown. As a member of the House of Deputies in the Sejm, he earned great respect. He belonged to a member of the Permanent Council of the Government and was appointed Marshal (President) of the Four-year Sejm (1788-1792). In this capacity he was one of the main authors of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. He signed, as Marshal of the Sejm in 1790, the treaty of alliance with Prussia with the aim to protect Poland from foreign domination.

In 1792 he negotiated in vain with a Saxon delegation on the introduction of the hereditary transmission of the Polish crown to the King of Saxony.

During the Russo-Polish war of 1792, he provided substantial funds and large quantities of food for the Polish troops available from his own resources. But since he could not prevent the pro-Russian Targowica Confederation, he fled abroad. He did not take part in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. In 1799, he was nevertheless arrested in Warsaw and imprisoned for a year in Kraków as a state prisoner, being accused of responsibility for a meeting of the Polish Sejm in Milan. After the founding of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, he was first chairman of a provisional government commission and soon became President of the Senate.

Stanisław Małachowski died on December 28, 1809, and his tomb is located in the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw.

Achievements

Stanisław Małachowski was an eminent politician, who presided over Poland’s historic Four Years’ Sejm, a constituent Diet that met in 1788–1792.

Membership

Stanisław Małachowski was a member of the Polish government's Permanent Council from 1776 to 1780.

Connections

Stanisław Małachowski was married twice. His first wife was Urszula Hutten-Czapska. He again married Konstancja Hutten-Czapska. He had no children from two marriages.

Father:: Jan Małachowski
Mother:: Isabella Humiezka
Sister:: Anna Potocka (Małachowska)
Sister:: Katarzyna Karolina Czacka (Małachowska)
Sister:: Eleonora Lubomirska (Małachowska)
Wife:: Urszula Hutten-Czapska
Wife:: Konstancja Hutten-Czapska
Brother:: Antoni Małachowski
Brother:: Jackus Małachowski
Brother:: Mikołaj Małachowski

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