Familia (political party)

This article is about the Polish political party. For other uses, see Familia (disambiguation).
The Family
Polish: Familia
LeadersMichał Czartoryski
August Czartoryski
Konstancja Czartoryska
Stanisław Poniatowski
Founded1731 (1731)[1]
Dissolved1795 (1795)
HeadquartersVilnius[2]
IdeologyReformism[2]
Liberalism[2]
Nationalism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (portrait by Louis de Silvestre), one of the leaders of Familia

The Familia ("The Family", from Latin familia) was the name of an 18th-century Polish political faction led by the House of Czartoryski and allied families. It was formed towards the end of the reign of King of Poland Augustus II the Strong (reign. 1697–1706, 1709–1733). The Familia's principal leaders were Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, his brother August Aleksander Czartoryski, Voivode of Ruthenia (Rus), their sister Konstancja Czartoryska,[3] and their brother-in-law (from 1720), Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference zielinska was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Limanowski, Bolesław (1906). Rozwój przekonań demokratycznych w narodzie polskim (PDF). Kraków: Spółka Nakładowa „Książka". pp. 4–19.
  3. ^ Biogram został opublikowany w latach 1982-1983 w XVII tomie Polskiego Słownika Biograficznego.