Michał Jerzy Poniatowski

His Excellency
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
His Excellency; Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Archbishop of Gniezno; Primate of Poland
	portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli (National Museum in Poznań) - a studio copy of the same work is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw
Born	12 October 1736; Gdańsk, Poland
Died	12 August 1794 (aged 57); Warsaw, Poland
Noble family	Poniatowski
Father	Stanisław Poniatowski
Mother	Konstancja Czartoryska

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]

References

Angela Sołtys, Opat z San Michele. Grand Tour prymasa Poniatowskiego i jego kolekcje, Warszawa 2008
Zofia Zielińska, Poniatowski Michał Jerzy, "Polski Słownik Biograficzny", XXVII, Wrocław 1983.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Hieronim Antoni Szeptycki	Bishop of Płock 1773–1784	Succeeded by Krzysztof Hilary Szembek
Preceded by Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski	Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland 1785–1794	Succeeded by Ignacy Krasicki

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