Wacław Rzewuski
Wacław Rzewuski (born October 29, 1706 in Rosdół , † November 27, 1779 in Siedliszcze ) was a Polish military leader and statesman.
Wacław Rzewuski was the son of Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski , a Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown of the Crown, and Ludwika Kunicka. For 14 years he was voivode of Podolia , secretary of the Polish crown, grand hetman of the Polish crown and starost of Chełm , Ulanow, Romanów, Dolina and Drohobycz . Together with Jan Klemens Branicki and other magnates , he was a member of the Radom Confederation . He also wrote numerous comedies and performed them on the stages of the magnates. He was awarded the Order of the White Eagle .
Wacław Rzewuski was married to Princess Anna Lubomirska and had five children with her: Teresa Karolina Rzewuska, Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski , Józef Rzewuski and Seweryn Rzewuski .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rzewuski, Wenzel (I.) Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, pp. 350–353 ( digitized version ).
- Journal of Slavic Philology , p. 250.
- The Four-Year Polish Diet, 1788 to 1791 , p. 334 by Walerian Kalinka, Marie von Baranowska Dohrn - 1898.
- The Polish-Lithuanian state, 1386-1795 , p. 271.
- Zofia Zielińska: Rzewuski Wacław (dalsze imiona: Piotr, Rafał, Onufry, Ignacy iz bierzmowania Józef) h. Krzywda (1706-1779) . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . vol. XXXIV, Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Breslau - Warsaw - Cracow 1992, pp. 169-180. (Polish)
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| SURNAME | Rzewuski, Wacław |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish voivode and grand hetman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosdół |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1779 |
| Place of death | Siedliszcze |