About Jan Jakub Zamoyski
Lived 1716 – 1790 (aged 73). Jan Jakub Zamoyski was a Polish politician.
Jan Jakub Graf Zamoyski (22 July 1716 – 10 February 1790) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). He was the brother-in-law of king Stanisław August Poniatowski.
Jan became the 9th Ordynat (IX ordynat) of Zamość estate in or until 1780. He was voivode of Podole Voivodeship (wojewoda podolski) in 1770 and starost of Lublin (starosta lubelski). He was awarded the Knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 8 May 1768.
Jan married in 1745 Ludwika Maria Poniatowska, by whom she had one child, the daughter Urszula Zamoyska (c. or bef. 1750–1808).
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Polish noble
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Jan Jakub Zamoyski was born on 2 July 1716.
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Jan Jakub Zamoyski died on 10 February 1790.
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Jan Jakub Zamoyski was a politician.
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Jan Jakub Zamoyski was Polish.
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