Michał Jerzy Poniatowski Explained

His Excellency
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Archbishop of Gniezno
Primate of Poland
Noble Family:Poniatowski
Father:Stanisław Poniatowski
Mother:Konstancja Czartoryska
Birth Date:12 October 1736
Birth Place:Gdańsk, Poland
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland

Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736  - 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.

Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (opat tyniecki i czerwinski), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (koadiutor krakowski) from 1773, and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1784.

He was made a knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 25 November 1764. Nine days later, on 4 December, he was made a prince by his brother, the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

He was made a royal member of the Royal Society in 1791.[1]

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  1. Web site: Library and Archive. Royal Society. 2012-08-04.