TEODOR LUBOMIRSKI, of Szreniawa coat of arms (1683-1745)
He opened extraordinary Seyms in Grodno: 22-27 VIII 1729,
broken before the Marshal was elected, and 2-14 X 1730, where
he was a substitution Marshal for the deceased Stefan Potocki,
Marshal of the previous Seym.
Starost of Spisz from 1700, Palatine of Cracow from 1732, Field Marshal
of Austria from 1736.
Son of
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski. An adherent
of Stanisław Leszczyński, on whose side he led a successful
guerrilla war in Little Poland in 1703-09. Afterwards, although
he was among the leaders of the Potockis' opposition camp,
he reconciled with August II. In 1733 he supported the candidacy
of August III for the Polish throne. A Knight of the Order of
the White Eagle (1730). He declared for reforming and increasing
the army. He was in friendly relations with Stanisław Konarski
and financed the Collegium Nobilium.
Portrait of Teodor Lubomirski, XVIIIth c.
- painter undefined
- oil canvas, 81x65 cm
- The National Museum in Warsaw, (cat. no 129869 MNW)