Mazowieckie sejmiki lipcowe w 1733 roku wobec kandydatury Piasta na tron polski

W artykule ukazano przebieg sejmików relacyjnych w województwie mazowieckim, które zostały zwołane po zakończonym sejmie konwokacyjnym 1733 roku. Przedstawiono również stosunek sejmikującej szlachty poszczególnych ziem do uchwalonego na tym sejmie aktu konfederacji generalnej wykluczającego cudzoziemca od tronu polskiego.

Despite the efforts of Primate Teodor Andrzej Potocki, the July relational dietines in the period of the penultimate interregnum became the battleground of cutthroat rivalry between the parties and factions present, which made the divisions amongst the public opinion conspicuous. As much as a half of relational dietines (for the lands of Wyszogród, Zakroczym, Ciechanów, Łomża, and Nur) decided to postpone the vow-taking until the declaration of confederation was signed. What deserves to be underlined is the fact that upon two of the dietines, for the lands of Łomża and Zakroczym, the noblemen took vows despite their previous support for the Polish candidate during the Convocation Diet. Such a turn of events, though only temporarily, worked in favour of the Saxon camp, since it did not hurt the chances of a Saxon candidate ascending to the Polish throne. The endeavours in question were scuppered nonetheless, for after the popisy (a show of levies’ military force), the noblemen representatives for the lands of Ciechanów and Nur vowed on the declaration of confederation adopted during the Convocation Diet, according to which a foreigner was to be excluded as a potential King of Poland.