Adam Poniński (1732–1798)

Adam Poniński (1732 or 1733 – 23 July 1798 was a Polish nobleman, Prince, one of the leaders of the Radom Confederation of 1767, Grand Treasurer of the Crown (from 1775), member of the Permanent Council, he is remembered as the infamous Marshal of the Sejm (together with Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł) of the Partition Sejm (1773–1775). Considered by many contemporaries and historians a traitor, serving Russian ambassadors, he was stripped of all titles and exiled by the decree of the Great Sejm in 1790 but restored soon afterwards by the Confederation of Targowica. His son, Adam Poniński, born in 1758, became a military general. ^[1]

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Adam Poniński (1758–1816)

Adam Poniński (1758–1816) was a Polish nobleman.

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Great Sejm

The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm (Polish: respectively, Sejm Wielki or Sejm Czteroletni; Lithuanian: Didysis seimas or Ketverių metų seimas) was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw between 1788 and 1792.

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Marshal of the Sejm

Marshal of the Sejm also known as Sejm Marshal, Chairman of the Sejm or Speaker of the Sejm (Marszałek Sejmu) is the speaker (chair) of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.

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Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł

Prince Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł (Mykolas Jeronimas Radvila; 1744-1831) was a member of the Radziwill family of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, a Polish nobleman, politician, diplomat and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (awarded on September 7, 1773) and a holder of the Order of the Black Eagle.

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Partition Sejm

The Partition Sejm (Sejm Rozbiorowy) was a Sejm lasting from 1773 to 1775 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, convened by its three neighbours (the Russian Empire, Prussia and Austria) in order to legalize their First Partition of Poland.

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Permanent Council

The Permanent Council was the highest administrative authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1775 and 1789 and the first modern executive government in Europe.

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Podskarbi

Podskarbi in Poland then in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was minister responsible for the treasury.

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Prince

A prince is a male ruler or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family ranked below a king and above a duke.

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Radom Confederation

Radom Confederation (Konfederacja radomska, Radomo konfederacija) was a konfederacja of nobility (szlachta) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth formed in Radom on 23 June 1767 to prevent reforms and defend the Golden Liberties.

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Targowica Confederation

The Targowica Confederation (konfederacja targowicka,, Targovicos konfederacija) was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Poniński_(1732–1798)

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