Alfred Wojciech Potocki

Count Alfred Wojciech Potocki hr. Piława (1785–1862) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), landowner, political and economic activist.^[1][2]

Alfred Wojciech Potocki
Coat of arms	Pilawa
Born	3 March 1785 Paris, Kingdom of France
Died	23 December 1862 Łańcut, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire
Family	Potocki
Wife	Princess Józefina Maria Czartoryska
Issue	Alfred Józef Potocki Ewa Józefina Julia Potocka Zofia Ewa Potocka
Father	Count Jan Potocki
Mother	Princess Julia Lubomirska

Alfred was the 1st Ordynat of Łańcut estates. From 1809 until 1815 he served in the army of the Duchy of Warsaw. 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