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Aleksander Józef Sułkowski

Alexander Joseph Sulkowski[1] (Template:Lang-pl; 1695–1762) was a Polish and Saxon general and the progenitor of the Sułkowski noble line.

Sulkowski was born 15 March, 1695,[1] in Kraków.

Sulkowski was a favorite companion of August III the Saxon, son of Augustus II the Strong, and his Minister of State in Saxony from 1733 to 1738. He was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1733, and elevated to the rank of Prince of Bielsko by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1754.[2]

According to some sources, Alexander Joseph was an illegitimate son born to Elżbieta Szalewska from Polish King Augustus II the Strong.[2] Elżbieta’s husband, Stanisław Sułkowski, gave Alexander Joseph his last name.

On 31 October, 1728, Sulkowski married Baroness Marie Franciszka Frn von Stain zu Jettingen (2 Feb 1712–16 Nov 1741). They had eight children.[1]

In 1743, he remarried Css Anna Przebendowska (25 Jul 1721-1795), from whom he had four more children.[1]

He died 21 May, 1762, in Leszno.[1]

The Sułkowski Castle in Bielsko-Biała, Poland

In 1738, Sulkowski purchased the Leszczyński estates of Rydzyna, Leszno, and neighboring areas. And in 1752, he purchased the Sułkowski Castle in Bielsko-Biała] (in Cieszyn Silesia) and its surroundings together with goods for 600,000 florins[2] from Jan Sunnegh.

1752, passed into the Sułkowski family[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "SULKOWSKI". Retrieved Oct 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Zamek Sułkowskich" [The Sułkowski Castle] (in Polish). Retrieved Oct 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Zamek Książąt Sułkowskich – historia" [Castle of the Sułkowski Princes – history] (in Polish). Retrieved Oct 10, 2018.

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