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{{Short description|Polish nobleman (1689–1771)}}
{{Infobox noble
| name =<small>Count</small><br>Jan Klemens Branicki
| image = [[File:JKBranicki.JPG|200px]]
| caption =
| noble family =[[House of Branicki (Gryf)|House of Branicki]]
▲<tr valign=top><td>'''Consorts'''<td>[[Katarzyna Barbara Radziwill|Katarzyna Barbara Radziwiłł]]<br>[[Barbara Szembek]]<br>[[Izabella Poniatowska]]
| father =Stefan Mikołaj Branicki
| mother =Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha
| birth_date ={{birth date|1689|9|21|df=y}}<br>[[Tykocin]] or [[Białystok]], [[Poland]]
| birth_place =
| death_date ={{death date and age|1771|10|9|1689|9|21|df=y}}<br>[[Białystok]], [[Poland]]
| death_place =
| signature =[[File:PL Gloger-Encyklopedja staropolska ilustrowana T.4 302a.jpg|200px]]
|}}
'''Count Jan Klemens Branicki''' (
He was a recipient of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece]].
==Biography==
He was the son of the [[voivode|Palatine]] of [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha, the daughter of Hetman [[Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger|Kazimierz Jan Sapieha]]. Jan had three wives:
The first wife was Princess Katarzyna Barbara Radziwiłł, the daughter of Count and [[Grand Marshal]] [[Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669-1719)|Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł]], whom he married on 1 October 1720 in [[Biała Podlaska]].
[[File:Brama wjazdowa do Pałacu Branickich Białystok Mariag36.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Griffin Gate in [[Białystok]]]]
His second wife was Barbara Szembek in 1732; this marriage ended in a divorce.
His third and last wife was [[Izabella Poniatowska]], the daughter of the magnate [[Stanisław Poniatowski (1676-1762)|Stanisław Poniatowski]], whom he married in 1748.
He was [[Podczaszy]] of Lithuania (''podczaszy litewski'') in 1723, [[Great Chorąży of the Crown|Grand Standard-Bearer of the Crown]] (''chorąży wielki koronny'') in 1724, commander of an infantry regiment (''szef regimentu pieszego'') in 1726, Artillery General of the Crown (''generał artylerii koronnej'') in 1728, ''hetman polny koronny'' in 1735, [[voivode|Palatine]] of [[Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795)|Kraków Voivodship]] (''wojewoda krakowski'') in 1746, ''hetman wielki koronny'' in 1752 and [[Castellan]] of [[Kraków]] (''kasztelan krakowski'') in 1762. He was the [[Starost]] of [[Brańsk]],<ref>Urzędnicy centralni i nadworni Polski XIV-XVIII wieku, Kórnik 1992, s. 29.</ref> [[Bielsk Podlaski]], [[Mościsk]], [[Janów Lubelski]], [[Bogusław, Lublin Voivodeship|Bohusław]], [[Złotoryja]], [[Krośno]] and [[Jezierzysk]] (''starosta brański, bielski, mościcki, janowski, bohuslawski, złotoryjski, krośnienski, jezierzyski'').
Branicki was one of the most powerful and influential magnates in [[Poland]] of the 18th century. He was the leader of the magnates party. Connected with the [[Radziwiłł]] and [[Potocki]] families and an opponent of the "[[Familia (Polish political party)|Familia]]".
He sympathized with confederates of the [[Radom Confederation]] and the [[Confederation of Bar]]. Branicki was the owner of [[Białystok]]. At that time Białystok began to develop. In 1745 he established a military and engineer school and a theatre.
In 1763–1764 he ran in the [[Royal elections in Poland|election]] for the King of [[Poland]], but was beaten by his brother-in-law [[Stanisław August Poniatowski|Stanisław Poniatowski]].
==Marriage and issue==
He married three times:
#Princess Katarzyna Barbara Maria Radziwillówna ([[Biała Podlaska]], 6 December 1693 - [[Białystok]], 16 October 1730) in [[Biała Podlaska]], on 1 October 1720
#Barbara Szembekówna in 1732 and divorced
#[[Izabella Poniatowska]] on 19 November 1748 with no issue.
==Awards==
* Knight of the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]], since 1726.
* [[Order of the Golden Fleece]] (Spanish Order)
==Bibliography==
* Władysław Konopczyński: Branicki Jan Klemens. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 2: Beyzym Jan – Brownsford Marja. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1936, s. 404–407. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, {{ISBN|83-04-03291-0}}
* [http://pbc.biaman.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2479&from=latest Alina Sztachelska-Kokoczka ''Magnackie dobra Jana Klemensa Branickiego'', 2006]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
* http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/jan_klemens_branicki_1689_1771_hetman_abnegat.html
*Karol Łopatecki: [https://www.academia.edu/42078517/Karol_%C5%81opatecki_O_instytucji_do%C5%BCywocia_na_przyk%C5%82adzie_ma%C5%82%C5%BCe%C5%84stwa_Jana_Klemensa_i_Izabeli_Branickich_Krakowskie_Studia_z_Historii_Pa%C5%84stwa_i_Prawa_9_2016_1_s._39-66 O instytucji dożywocia na przykładzie małżeństwa Jana Klemensa i Izabeli Branickich], „[[Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa]]” 9 (2016), 1, pp. 39–66.
==See also==
{{Commons category|Jan Klemens Branicki}}
* [[Branicki Palace, Białystok|Branicki Palace]]
* [[Białystok]]
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[[Category:Candidates for the Polish elective throne]]
[[Category:People from Białystok]]
[[Category:Bar confederates]]
[[Category:Radom confederates]]
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[[Category:Koliivshchyna]]
[[Category:Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain]]
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