Adam Kazimierz Kościuszko

Adam Kazimierz Kościuszko († 1729 or 1730) was a nobleman of Polish origin in Livonia . From 1727 to 1729 he was the ducal country steward and senior councilor in the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale .

Life

His political career began between 1698 and 1699 in Warsaw , where he was active in parliament in 1701 . From 1705 to 1707 he was city commander of Grobina in Livonia and was then appointed Oberburggrafen von Selburg . He was now a member of the Upper Council of the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale and was a co-signer of the first Ducal Courland constitution of 1710. In 1711 he was delegated as the Duke's envoy to the Tsar's court Peter the Great (1672-1725). In 1727 he was appointed to the office of court master. As this he stood for the union of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania , with the state borders of the Polish Crown, this should include the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Duchy of Livonia , a Duchy of Courland to be founded and the former Duchy of Prussia . He adored the later Polish King August III. (Poland) (1696–1763) and in some political matters also supported the Duke of Courland and Semigallia Ferdinand Kettler (1655–1737). Although he was one of the few Catholic dignitaries in the duchy, he enjoyed great esteem among the Baltic nobility on both sides.

General

Not much is known about life, his origins and family. There are also legendary assumptions about the cause of death . He is said to have been married to a Katarina. One of his property was a manor in Pasvalys , a town in what is now Lithuania . There are also several genealogical inconsistencies, some Polish and Belarusian sources also point to a relationship with the Polish-Belarusian national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko .

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SURNAME	Kościuszko, Adam Kazimierz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kosciuszko, Adam Kazimierz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Courland Oberburggraf, Landhofmeister and Oberrat
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	1729 or 1730