Alfred Wojciech Potocki

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Alfred Wojciech Potocki
Noble Family	Potocki
Coat of Arms	Piława
Parents	Jan Potocki Julia Lubomirska
Consorts	Józefina Maria Czartoryska
Children	with Józefina Maria Czartoryska Artur Potocki Alfred Józef Potocki Julia Ewa Potocka Zofia Ewa Potocka
Date of Birth	March 3, 1786
Place of Birth	Paris
Date of Death	December 23, 1862
Place of Death	Łańcut

Count Alfred Wojciech Potocki (1785-1862) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), landowner, political and economic activist.

Alfred was the 1st Ordynat of Łańcut estates. From 1809 until 1815 he served in the Polish Army. In 1812 he became aide-de-camp of Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski and participated in Napoleon's campaign against Russia.

In 1838 he created the Łańcut Ordynacja. Since 1861 Alfred was member of the National Sejm in Galicia, and member of the Herrenhaus. He served as Austrian councillor and was Great Galician Ochmistrz.

Alfred helped to modernize the agriculture in Galicia. He founded textile (1839-1844) and sugar (1836 industries and 1841) factories. He was co-founder of the "Estate Credit Society" in Lwów. Since 1823 he ran the Lubomirski family distillery in Łańcut, which exist today under the name Polmos Łańcut. He was married to Princess Józefina Maria Czartoryska, married on June 21, 1814.

His father was the writer Jan Potocki, best known for his famous novel "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa".