Leon Aleksander Sapieha
Leon Aleksander Sapieha | |
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Coat of arms | Lis |
Born | Krasiczyn, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (present-day Poland) | 12 December 1883
Died | 27 September 1944 Rzeszów, Nazi Germany (present-day Poland) | (aged 60)
Noble family | Sapieha |
consort | Katarzyna Iza Potocka |
Father | Prince Władysław Sapieha |
Mother | Countess Elżbieta Potulicka |
Prince Leon Aleksander Sapieha (1883-1944) was a Polish military aviator, landowner, traveler, and a member of the Sejm.
His brother was Prince and his uncle the Polish cardinal Prince Adam Stefan Sapieha.
Bibliography[]
- Alina Szklarska-Lohmannowa: Sapieha Leon. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 35. Warszawa – Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla, 1994, s. 81–83. ISBN 8386301023.
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1944 deaths
- Polish aviators
- Sapieha
- Home Army members
- Members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
- Austro-Hungarian World War I pilots
- Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
- Polish nobility stubs