Stanisław Antoni Szczuka
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| Stanisław Antoni Szczuka | ||
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| Noble Family | Szczuka | |
| Coat of Arms | Grabie | |
| Parents | Stanisław Szczuka Zofia Szpilewska Neronowiczów |
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| Consorts | Konstancja Maria Anna Potocka | |
| Children | with Konstancja Maria Anna Potocka August Michal Szczuka Marcin Leopold Stefan Szczuka Jan Konsty Szczuka Wiktoria Szczuka Maria Anna Szczuka |
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| Date of Birth | 1652 or 1654 | |
| Place of Birth | Lubonicze (probably) | |
| Date of Death | May 19, 1710 | |
| Place of Death | Warsaw | |
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka (1652/1654-1710) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), talented politician and political writer.
Son of a serviceman Stanisław Szczuka and Zofia Szpilewska Neronowiczów. He married Konstancja Maria Anna Potocka on February 6, 1695, the daughter of starost of Janów Bogusław Potocki.
He was a Recorder of the Crown in 1688, deputy of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Ducal Prussia in 1690, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania from 1699.
Szczuka was born to a middle-class szlachta family and educated in Wilno and Kraków. Because of his own ability and hard work he achieved high offices in the Republic. He began his political and career as secretary of King Jan III Sobieski. In 1696 he became an adviser to August II.
In 1706 he changed sides and became a supporter of Stanisław I Leszczyński.
He was a notable political writer and Sejm orator. He also proposed the opening of public schools free of charge.
As Sejm Marshal he lead the extraordinary Sejm on November 17, 1688 - April 1, 1689 and the pacification Sejm on June 16 - June 30, 1699 in Warsaw.
He died on May 19, 1710 in Warsaw and was buried in Szczuczyn.
[edit] Works
- Eciipsis Poloniae Orbi Publice Demonstrata (1709)
Mikołaj Sienicki • Lew Sapieha • Paweł Orzechowski • Krzysztof Wiesiołowski • Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski • Jakub Sobieski • Stefan Pac • Jerzy Ossoliński • Krzysztof Radziwiłł • Mikołaj Ostroróg • Kazimierz Lew Sapieha • Łukasz Opaliński • Bogusław Leszczyński • Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski • Hieronim Radziejowski • Wincenty Gosiewski • Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro • Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac • Jan Kazimierz Umiastowski • Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł • Jan Wielopolski • Jan Chryzostom Pieniążek • Feliks Kazimierz Potocki • Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski • Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski • Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski • Stanisław Antoni Szczuka • Krzysztof Stanisław Zawisza • Jan Szembek • Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki • Stanisław Denhoff • Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński • Teodor Lubomirski • Michał Józef Massalski • Wacław Rzewuski • Tadeusz Franciszek Ogiński • Antoni Benedykt Lubomirski • Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski • Jacek Małachowski • Celestyn Czaplic • Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł • Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł • Andrzej Mokronowski • Kazimierz Krasiński • Stanisław Małachowski • Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha
Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł • Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł • Eustachy Wołłowicz • Lew Sapieha • Kazimierz Lew Sapieha • Stefan Pac • Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł • Paweł Stefan Sapieha • Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac • Stefan Pac • Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł • Kazimierz Sapieha • Aleksander Naruszewicz • Stanisław Antoni Szczuka • Kazimierz Czartoryski • Michał Antoni Sapieha • Antoni Przeździecki • Ludwik Plater • Fryderyk Michał Czartoryski • Joachim Chreptowicz
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