Józef Wybicki
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Józef Rufin Wybicki (born September 29, 1747 in Groß Bendomin near Berent , Prussia royal share ; † March 19, 1822 in Manieczki near Schrimm , Province of Posen ) was a Kashubian- Polish politician and writer .
His father Piotr Wybicki was a supporter of King Stanisław Leszczyński . Józef had eight siblings, five of whom chose the spiritual profession (four nuns, one priest).
In 1755 he entered the Jesuit College of Old Scotland near Danzig . With the support of some relatives, he then started his legal career, where he worked, among other things, as an intern at the Royal Court of Justice in Poznan . In 1767 he was elected to the Landtag of Graudenz as a member of the Sejm , where he immediately belonged to the circle of the later Confederation of Bar , which wanted to strengthen Poland against the Russian Empire . He publicly voted against Repnin's plans to strengthen Russian influence and had to flee Warsaw as a result .
In the 1770s he was part of the reform camp around King Stanisław August Poniatowski , among other things as a collaborator in the judicial and educational reforms. From 1784 he was again a member of the Sejm and after the Second Partition of Poland took part in the Kościuszko uprising in 1793 , which failed; the result was the third partition of Poland. In 1795, after the end of the Polish state, he emigrated - like many reformers - to France and first settled in Paris before moving to Italy (where he helped set up the Polish legions ) and later to Dresden .
In 1807, as a member of the Provisional Government Commission, he played an important role in the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw by Napoléon's grace. After 1813 he increasingly relied on the Russian card and was chairman of the constitutional court in the Russian "Kingdom of Poland" from 1817 to 1820 .
In addition to his political career, Wybicki was also a writer. He wrote poems, plays and opera libretti. He is famous to this day for his text for the song Still Poland is Not Lost (“Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła”), today's Polish national anthem .
His memoirs Mein Leben (“seineycie Moje”) appeared posthumously in 1840 .
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| SURNAME | Wybicki, Jozef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wybicki, Józef Rufin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Bendomin near Berent , Prussia Royal share |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1822 |
| Place of death | Manieczki near Schrimm , Poznan Province |