Fryderyk Józef Moszyński
Fryderyk Józef Moszyński (also: Friedrich Joseph Moszynski ) (born March 14, 1738 in Dresden , † January 21, 1817 in Kiev ) was a szlachcic (nobleman). He was a statesman in Poland-Lithuania .
Life
He was the son of Jan Kanty Moszyński , who was married to Friederike Alexandrine von Cosel , daughter of the Polish king Augustus the Strong . Friedrich Joseph was raised in Saxony. At the age of 16, on November 16, 1754, he became a colonel in the royal army and received a Starost from Wobolnik / Vabalninkas ( starosta wobolnicki ) in Lithuania from his uncle Stanislaus II August Poniatowski . From May 28, 1766 to 1778 he was a member of the Committee for the Income of the Crown . Since 1768 the vice-commander of the Szkoła Rycerska , a cadet institute and also donated some of his funds to them. Furthermore, he commanded the Polish troops as a general in 1768. In 1773 he was a referendum for the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , and then State Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1792 he participated in the Targowica Confederation , which ended in the second partition of Poland . In 1793 he was a member of the Commission to Investigate a Banking Crisis in the Poland-Lithuania, and a member of the Permanent Council . From 1793 to 1795 he was Marshal of the Crown . In the Warsaw Uprising of 1794, he was imprisoned by Polish revolutionaries during the Kościuszko Uprising . When the prison was stormed on June 28, 1794, Ignacy Vysogota Zakrzewski saved him from lynching .
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| SURNAME | Moszyński, Fryderyk Józef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moszynski, Friedrich Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish nobleman and scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1817 |
| Place of death | Kiev |