Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski

Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski was a notable Polish nobleman, politician, art collector, Freemason, and the Mayor of Warsaw during the last years of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, in 1792 and 1794.

Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski was born in Stary Biacz . He was deputy of Pozna for the Great Sejm and one of the coauthors of the reforms of treasury passed by the Sejm during the Constitution of May 3rd. In 1791 he cofounded the Society of Friends of the Constitution, and was among the most notable supporters of the reforms passed by that act, along with Hugo Kotaj and Ignacy Potocki. In 1792 he became the Mayor of Warsaw, but was overthrown by the confederation of Targowica. After the outbreak of the Kociuszkos Insurrection and the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 he again held that post. Simultaneously, he held a number of important government posts during the war with Russia, among them he headed the Provisional Temporary Council and the Supreme National Council. After that part of Poland, along with Warsaw, was finally annexed in the effect of the Third Partition, he was arrested by the Russians and imprisoned in St. Petersburg. Released from prison in 1796, he returned to Poland and spent t

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