Xavier Branicki

Count Xavier Branicki (in Polish: Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, in French: François Xavier Branicki), born 26 October 1816 in Warsaw, Poland, died 20 November 1879 in Assiut, Khedivate of Egypt, was a Polish nobleman, political exile and landowner who took French nationality.He became a political writer, financier, art collector and philanthropist. He was the owner and restorer of the Château de Montrésor and estate in France. He was descended from a powerful magnate family with immense land holdings in the Duchy of Lithuania and in Ukraine, partly as a result, it is said, of a family connection with Catherine the Great. He was a member of the close circle of Napoleon III. He was a co-founder of the Crédit Foncier de France, a bank that continues to this day.

Branicki was the author of the following works:

• Libération de la France par un impôt sur le capital. Paris: E. Dentu. p. 31..
• L'impôt sur le capital, libérateur de la contribution de guerre – Moyens pratiques de l'appliquer. Paris: E. Dentu. 1871. p. 32..
• La politique du passé et la politique de l'avenir, esquisse d'une constitution. Paris: E. Dentu. 1876. p. 130..
• Les nationalités slaves : lettres au R. P. Gagarin. Paris: E. Dentu. 1879. p. 408. Slav..