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Leon Aleksander Sapieha

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Leon Aleksander Sapieha
Coat of armsLis
Born(1883-12-12)12 December 1883
Krasiczyn, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (present-day Poland)
Died27 September 1944(1944-09-27) (aged 60)
Rzeszów, Nazi Germany (present-day Poland)
Noble familySapieha
consortKatarzyna Iza Potocka
FatherPrince Władysław Sapieha
MotherCountess 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 Adam Zygmunt Sapieha and his uncle the Polish cardinal Prince Adam Stefan Sapieha.

Bibliography

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  • 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.