Targowica Confederation
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The Targowica Confederation was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II. The confedera
Hanging in effigy of the Leaders of Targowica Confederation, Warsaw, 1794, in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising (1794). Painting by Jan Piotr Norblin.
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
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Count Stanisław Szczęsny Feliks Potocki, of the Piława coat of arms, known as Szczęsny Potocki was a member of the Polish szlachta and a military commander of the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commo
Targowica Confederation
…a synonym for a traitor, just as Targowica is synonymous with treason. These meanings still function in the Polish language up to the present day. Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki: Marshal (head) of the Confederation. Sentenced to death, but never apprehended. Instead, on September 29, 1794, his portrait was hanged (see illustration…
Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, 1790