Teodor Andrzej Potocki

Polish noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPolish noble
PlacesPoland
wasPriest
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Birth13 February 1664, Moscow
Death12 November 1738Warsaw (aged 74 years)
Family
Father:Paweł Potocki
The details

Biography

Teodor Andrzej Potocki (1664–1738) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Primate of Poland, interrex in 1733.
Teodor was Rector of Przemyśl and canon of Kraków since 1687, Bishop of Chełmno since 1699 and Bishop of Warmia since 1711. In 1722 Teodor became Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland.
He became interrex after the death of August II of Poland and led the election of a new King in Wola. In 1733 he declared and crowned Stanisław I Leszczyński as the successor of August II on the Polish throne. He supported Leszczyński during the following War of the Polish Succession.
Teodor was a protector of the Jesuits order and benefactor of churches, monasteries and palaces.

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