Friends of the Constitution

For other entities, see Friends of the Constitution (disambiguation).
3 May Constitution, by Matejko (1891). King Stanisław August (left, wearing ermine-trimmed cloak) enters St. John's Cathedral, where deputies will swear to uphold the Constitution. Background: Warsaw's Royal Castle, where Constitution has just been adopted.

The Friends of the Constitution (Polish: Zgromadzenie Przyjaciół Konstytucji Rządowej)[a] was the first modern Polish political party (with a charter and organizational discipline), formed in May 1791, shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, by the efforts of the Patriotic Party. The purpose of the Friends of the Constitution was to defend the reformed political system and to introduce further reforms.[5]

The party's leading members included Hugo Kołłątaj, Ignacy Potocki, Tadeusz Mostowski, Michał Ossowski and Józef Weyssenhof.[5]

The Friends of the Constitution published a periodical, Gazeta Narodowa i Obca (The National and Foreign Gazette).[5]

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  5. ^ a b c "Zgromadzenie Przyjaciół Konstytucji Rządowej" ("Society of Friends of the Constitution"), Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, vol.4, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1976, p. 785.


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