Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, of Pilawa coat of arms (c 1630-1702)
Marshal of the election Seym in Warsaw 2 V-19 VI 1669
Assistant Master of the Pantry of the Crown from 1664, Palatine of Sieradz from 1669, Palatine of Cracow from 1682, Field Hetman of the
Crown from 1692, Castellan of Cracow and Grand Hetman of the
Crown in 1702.
He fought in the wars with the Cossacks, Hungary and Russia
(1655-64). As the Marshal of the 1669 election Seym
he contributed to the election of Michał Korybut Wi¶niowiecki
for the king. He proved brave in the Chocim campaign (1673).
In 1674 he signed the election of Jan III Sobieski.
He participated in the Vienna Relief (1683) and fought with
the Tartars and Turks until his death.
Portrait of Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, 1862
- by Henryk Aschenbrenner from a drawing by Wojciech Gerson
- litography; 23,3cm x 17,9cm
- Warsaw, National Library, (no Y.II-62 G.3392)