| Józef Michał Poniatowski | |
| House-Type: | Szlachta |
| Noble Family: | Poniatowski |
| Coa: | Ciołek |
| Father: | Stanisław Poniatowski |
| Mother: | Cassandra Luci |
| Spouse: | Matilda Perotti |
| Issue: | Stanisław August Poniatowski |
| Birth Name: | Giuseppe Michele Saverio Francesco Giovanni Luci |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1816 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Papal States |
| Death Place: | Chislehurst, Kent, United Kingdom |
Józef Michał Poniatowski (Rome, 24 July 1814 – London, 4 July 1873) was a Polish szlachcic, a composer and an operatic tenor. He was the nephew of the Polish general Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski.[1] [2]
Jozef Michal Poniatowski (Joseph Michael Xavier Francis John) was born Giuseppe Michele Saverio Francesco Giovanni Luci in Rome, the son of Stanisław Poniatowski and Cassandra Luci.[3] He was legitimated as a son of Stanisław Poniatowski in 1847, and he became a naturalized Tuscan.
He studied music under Ceccherini in Florence. He wrote numerous operas for Italian and French theatres. Poniatowski was sent to Paris as plenipotentiary by Grand Duke Leopold II. He was created the 1st Conte di Monte Rotondo on 20 November 1847, and the first Principe di Monte Rotondo on 19 November 1850[4] by Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II.[5]
In 1854, Napoleon III made him a senator and a naturalized French citizen.
In 1834, he married Matilda Perotti (1814–1875) at Florence. Together, they had one son who was born in Florence :
Poniatowski died and was buried in Chislehurst, Kent in 1873.