Jan Ledóchowski
Count Jan Ledóchowski (born June 23, 1791 in Warsaw , † September 10, 1864 in Paris ) was a member of the Senate of the Congress of Poland , politician, emigrant and officer in the army of the Duchy of Warsaw , member of the Legion of Honor and holder of the Virtuti Militari order . He came from the Polish-Austrian count family Ledóchowski .
Life
After studying at the Military Academy in Vienna in 1808, he joined the military of the Duchy of Warsaw as a lieutenant . After the battle of Raszyn he was promoted to captain and was appointed adjutant to Prince Józef Poniatowski . During the campaign in Russia in 1812 he fought as a captain in the 14th Infantry Regiment under General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski . After the Battle of the Berezina he was awarded the Virtuti Militari Cross and the Legion of Honor. In the Battle of Oszmiana he was captured by the Russians.
In Congress Poland he became a member of the Senate in 1825 and allied himself with the liberal opposition. In 1830 he defended the constitution of the Kingdom of Poland in the Senate. After the outbreak of the November Uprising, he supported the rule of General Józef Chłopicki . When the Senate decided to depose Tsar Nicholas in 1831 , he ran into the middle of the courtyard and shouted: “Let us now confess together that there is no more Nicholas!” He formed the 1st Krakow Regiment and the 9th Infantry Regiment.
After the uprising was put down, he was sentenced to death by the Russians and his property was confiscated. In Stuttgart he organized a committee to support Polish emigrants. He lived in French emigration and from 1841 in Great Britain. At first he worked in the “Committee of the Polish People”, in 1846 he joined the “Democratic Polish Society”.
He is buried in the Montmartre cemetery in Paris .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Ledochowski-Halka, Johann Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 303 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski : Aby pozostał nasz ślad - Dzieje rodu Ledóchowskich (In order to keep our tracks - the history of the Ledóchowski house) Wroclaw 2002, Society of Friends of the Ossolineum,
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ledóchowski, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ledóchowski, Jan Graf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish MP and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1864 |
| Place of death | Paris |