Warszawskie rezydencje Jerzego Ignacego Lubomirskiego, „Pana na Rzeszowie”
Warsaw Residences of Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski; 'Lord of Rzeszów'

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the Warsaw residences of Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski are discussed; he is the eldest son of Hieronim Augustyn (ca1647-1706) Lubomirski, Cracow Castellan, Grand Hetman of the Crown, founder of the Rzeszów family line, and his secretly wedded wife Konstancja Bokum, daughter of Jan Henryk, Grand Pantler of Lithuania. Following the death of both his parents: of his father in 1706 and his mother a year later, the young magnate focused in his hands the administration of their estates, although the final inheritance division was conducted only in 1726. Although as seen against his predecessors, Jerzy Ignacy could boast neither outstanding political nor military exploits, what he undoubtedly inherited after his father and grandad (Jerzy sebastian) was love for art. Not only was he a passionate music lover, but he also successfully conducted numerous artistic projects, mainly throughout the territory of his native Rzeszów and the closest neighbourhood. A supporter of Augustus II, frequently visiting Dresden, it is from there that he brought his court architect Carl Heinrich Wiedemann. The young Prince, though member of the leading wealthiest magnates of the then Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a close supporter of Augustus II, did not benefit from these sufficiently to have it reflected in his political career. Lubomirski was satisfied with the rank of the General of the Polish and Saxon troops, command over the royal Trabants, and the title of the Grand Standard Bearer of the Crown. His close relations with the monarch were reflected in two lucrative marriages concluded in Dresden: the first to the former royal mistress Marianna Denhoff née Bieliński (1718), and following her death (1730), to the young Saxon Joanna von Stein (1737), a later mistress of influential Minister Brühl, which actually consolidated Lubomirski’s position.

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