Michał Jan Pac (1730–1787) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, Lithuanian Marshal of the Bar Confederation from 1769 until 1772, Chamberlain of King Augustus.
Michał Jan Pac | |
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Coat of arms | Gozdawa |
Born | 1730 |
Died | 1787 |
Noble family | Pac |
He lived in exile in France after the defeat of the Confederation.
In 1780, he bought the castle and the village of Marainville in Lorraine;[1] his steward, Adam Weydlich, made acquaintance with the village syndic, François, who had a son, Nicolas, born in 1771. After Pac's death, the Weydlichs left France for Poland, and young Nicolas emigrated with them; in 1810, he was to have a son, Frédéric Chopin.
Bibliography
edit- "Polski Słownik Biograficzny" (tom 24, str. 729)
References
edit- ^ See page "Adam Weydlich" on the NIFC site.