Paweł Grabowski († 1771)
Paweł Grabowski (German Paul Grabowski , † probably August 1771 in Pruzany , Poland-Lithuania ) was a royal Polish lieutenant general , Starost von Czchów and a leading representative of Protestants in Poland.
Life
Paul was a son of Stephan Grabowski, Starost von Vištytis in Lithuania and Teodora von Stryjeński. His brothers Johann Georg and Michael also became generals. The family was Calvinist (reformed).
In 1748 Paul Grabowski became a general of the Polish army at the instigation of Count von Brühl Starost von Czchów in Lesser Poland. He was very committed to equal rights for Protestants in Poland-Lithuania. Grabowski sought support in Prussia and met with the envoy Hans Dietrich von Maltzahn in Dresden in 1756 and with the legation secretary Gédéon de Benoît in Warsaw in 1761 . In 1761 he traveled to Berlin as a representative of the Polish Protestants.
In 1766, Paul Grabowski and other nobles in the Sejm submitted an application for formal equality for non-Catholics in Poland-Lithuania, which was rejected.
In 1767 he was a leading representative of the Protestant Confederation of Thorn . His brother Johann Georg became the leader of the simultaneous Confederation of Slutsk in Lithuania. Paul Grabowski traveled to Warsaw to see the king to bring the demands of the Thorn Confederation and soon afterwards took part in the Sejm, which was supposed to negotiate these demands.
In 1770 he and his brother Johann Georg were captured and abducted by representatives of the Catholic Confederation of Radom , but they managed to escape. In August 1771 he was attacked again on his estate in Pruzany in Lithuania and seriously injured by a saber blow on the head, from which he died shortly afterwards.
His widow Zofia sold the Starostei Czchów to representatives of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1781.
Web links
- Grabowski, Paweł Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny with further literature
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grabowski, Paweł |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grabowski, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Polish Lieutenant General and Starost von Czchów, representative of Protestants in Poland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: August 1771 |
| Place of death | Pruzany , Poland-Lithuania |