Aleksander Wielopolski
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| Noble Family | Wielopolski |
| Coat of Arms | Starykoń |
| Parents | Jozef Stanislaw Wielopolski Leona Dembinska |
| Consorts | Teresa Potocka Paulina Apolonia Potocka |
| Children | with Paulina Apolonia Potocka Zygmunt Andrzej Wielopolski Jozef Wielopolski |
| Date of Birth | March 13, 1803 |
| Place of Birth | Sedziejowice |
| Date of Death | December 15, 1877 |
| Place of Death | Dresden, Germany |
Count Aleksander Wielopolski (1803-1877) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), landowner, 13th Ordynat of Pinczów estate, head of Poland's Civil Administration within the Russian Empire, appointed in 1862, conservative, pro-Russian, proponent of regaining of the pre-1830 autonomy of Poland and of the emancipation of Jews. He undertook educational reform (increasing the number of schools, establishing the Central School in Warsaw - Szkola glowna w Warszawie - the first school in Russian part of Poland which played the role of an university) and agricultural reform (introduction of rents instead of serfdom). In attempt to pacify Polish National movement, organised conscription of the young activists into Russian Army (for 20 years long service). Thus provoked the January Uprising, exactly the effect, that he wanted to avoid.