Stanisław Sołtan
Stanisław Sołtan | |
|---|---|
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| President of the Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission | |
| In office 18 July 1812 – 24 August 1812 | |
| Monarch | Frederick Augustus I |
| Preceded by | Józef Sierakowski (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dirk van Hogendorp |
| In office 29 September 1812 – 14 December 1812 (de facto) July 1813 (de jure) | |
| Monarch | Frederick Augustus I |
| Preceded by | Dirk van Hogendorp |
| Succeeded by | office dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1756 |
| Died | 1836 |
| Political party | Patriotic Party (1788–1792) |
Stanisław Pereświet-Sołtan (1756 – 1836) was a Polish-Lithuanian statesman and military officer who served as major general of the Army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1782,[1] a two-time President of the Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission during the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and a freemason.[2]
Career
He was a member of the Great Sejm from the noble estate and Slonim constituency. A member of the Patriotic Party and Society of the Friends of the Constitution, supported the 3rd of May Constitution and opposed King Stanisław II August's joining Targowica condederation. After the defeat in the War in Defense of the Constitution, he was briefly forced to exile to Saxony, then arrested by Russians and briefly sentenced to stay in Kazan.[3] After his release, he became a head of Lithuanian provisional government established by the French during Napoleon's war against Russia, once from 18 July to 24 August 1812 and again from 29 September 1812 until its dissolution.
After the Napoleonic Wars, he was the owner of Zdzięcioł, but Russian authorities took the vicinity away from his son because of the participation in the 1830 November Uprising.[4]
He is mentioned is Pan Tadeusz, a Polish national epic poem written by Adam Mickiewicz.[5]
References
- ^ Rachuba, Andrzej (2021). "Parlamentaryzm Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego XIV–XVIII w." Przegląd Sejmowy. 6 (167): 43–83. doi:10.31268/ps.2021.74. ISSN 1230-5502.
- ^ Męclewska, Marta (2008). Kawalerowie i statuty Orderu Orła Białego 1705-2008 [Knights of the Order of the White Eagle 1705-2008] (in Polish). p. 254.
- ^ Szyndler, Bartłomiej (1994). Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794 [Kosciuszko Uprising of 1794] (in Polish). 1994. p. 379.
- ^ Sudolski, Zbigniew (2000). Sołtan Adam Ludwik Michał (1792–1863) ziemianin, pułkownik WP, konspirator, emigrant [Sołtan Adam Ludwik Michał (1792–1863) landowner, colonel in the Polish military, conspirator, emigree] (in Polish). p. 344.
- ^ Mickiewicz, Adam (1834). Pan Tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie: historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu księgach wierszem [Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811–1812, in Twelve Books of Verse] (in Polish).