Count Xavier Branicki

Count Xavier Branicki
Le comte François Xavier Branicki
Native name Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
Born Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
(1816-10-26)26 October 1816
Warsaw, Poland
Died 20 November 1879(1879-11-20) (aged 63)
Assiut, Egyptian Khedivate
Resting place Montrésor
Residence Poland, Russia and France
Nationality Polish, Russian subject, French
Occupation Financier, Political writer
Era 19th century
Known for Crédit Foncier de France, Philanthropy, Montrésor
Spouse(s) Pelagia Zamoyska
Children Augustin Branicki, illegitimate but acknowledged
Parent(s) Wladyslaw Grzegorz Branicki, Róża Potocka
Awards Chevalier of the Legion of Honor


Count Xavier Branicki (in Polish: Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, in French: Xavier Branicki), born 26 October 1816 in Warsaw, Poland, died 20 November 1879 in Assiut, Khedivate of Egypt, was a Polish nobleman, political exile and landowner who took French nationality. He became a political writer, financier, art collector and philanthropist. He was the owner and restorer of the Château de Montrésor and estate in France. He was descended from a powerful magnate family with immense land holdings in the Duchy of Lithuania and in Ukraine, partly as a result, it is said, of a family connection with Catherine the Great. He was a member of the close circle of Napoleon III. He was a co-founder of the Crédit Foncier de France, a bank that continues to this day.[1]

Publications

Branicki was the author of the following works:

  • Libération de la France par un impôt sur le capital. Paris: E. Dentu. p. 31. .
  • L'impôt sur le capital, libérateur de la contribution de guerre – Moyens pratiques de l'appliquer. Paris: E. Dentu. 1871. p. 32. .
  • La politique du passé et la politique de l'avenir, esquisse d'une constitution. Paris: E. Dentu. 1876. p. 130. .
  • Les nationalités slaves : lettres au R. P. Gagarin. Paris: E. Dentu. 1879. p. 408. Slav. .

See also

References

  1. ↑ Henryk Mościcki: Branicka Aleksandra, in: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. vol. 2: Beyzym Jan – Brownsford Marja. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1936, pp. 393–396. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, ISBN 8304032910


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