Ignacy Potocki (1750 to 1809) was a Polish nobleman, politician, statesman and writer of the influential magnate Potocki family. He was Marshal of the Permanent Council from 1778 to 1782 and Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 16 April 1791 to 1794, and he was an educational activist, a member of the Commission of National Education and the initiator and president of the Society for Elementary Textbooks. An opponent of King Stanisław II August in the 1770s and 1780s, he led the Patriotic Party and the reform movement during the Great Sejm and eventually backed the King in many reforms. He favored a pro-Prussian orientation, helped conclude an alliance with Prussia in 1790, and co-authored the Constitution of 3 May 1791.
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He was the Marshal of the Permanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) in 1778-1782, Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1773, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1783, Grand Marshal of
Constitution of 3 May 1791 (Wikipedia)
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The new constitution was drafted by the King, with contributions from Ignacy Potocki, Hugo Kołłątaj and others.
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