Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha, of his own coat of arms (1754-1789)
Marshal of the regular Seym in Warsaw called Four-Year Seym
under the staff of the Confederation of the Two Nations
6 X 1788- 29 V 1792
General of Lithuanian Artillery in 1773-1792.
He studied in the Knights' School 1767-71. In the Great Seym
of 1788 he became the Marshal of the Lithuanian Confederation.
Initially he inclined towards the hetman's faction (was related
to Hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki), influenced by Małachowski,
however, he joined the followers of the reforms and swore
the Third May Constitution. He raised a strong protest against
Stanisław August's access to the Targowica and left Poland.
Following the outbreak of the Kościuszko Uprising, he came back
and fought at the rank of artillery Captain, and after the defeat
of the Insurrection he made for emigration again.
His Seym speeches were published and his poems appeared
in 'Zabawy Przyjemne i Pożyteczne'(Games Pleasant and Useful).
Portrait of Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha, 2nd half of XVIIIth c.
- painter undefined
- oil canvas; 64cm x 49cm
- The XX. Czartoryskis' Foundation, the National Museum in Cracow (cat. no XII-402)