Rzewuski family
Rzewuski family (Polish: Rzewuscy) was an important Polish noble family (magnates) in the 17th century during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History[]
The family originated from the village Bejdy near the town of Łosice in the Podlasie region. They used the Krzywda coat of arms. Members of the family held several notable positions in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, most notably, that of a hetman (thrice).
Coat of arms[]
The Rzewuski family used the Krzywda Coat of Arms and their motto was "Qua via Virtutis".
Notable representatives[]
- Michał Florian Rzewuski (d. 1687) deputy voivode of Lwów, royal court podskarbi, starosta of Chełmno
- Seweryn Rzewuski (1743-1811), Field Crown Hetman
- (d. 1770), voivode of Podole
- (1788-1865), artist
- (1843-1889), historical writer
- (d. 1717), castellan of Podlasie
- (1805-1888), landowner, Russian general
- (1760-1825), Sejm deputy, political writer
- Ewelina Hańska, wife of Honoré de Balzac
- (c. 1730-1800), Sejm deputy
- Maria Ludwika Rzewuska (1744–1816), wife of Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz
- (zm. 1683) stolnik of Podole, Sejm deputy
- Henryk Rzewuski (1791-1866), writer and essayist
- (d. 1759), Podstoli of Lithuania
- (1739-1816), Sejm deputy, general
- Teresa Karolina Rzewuska (1749–1787). wife of Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł
- (c. 1750-1820), Sejm deputy
- (1808-1869), publicist
- (d. 1668), judge, Sejm deputy
- (1806-1831), historian of philosophy and literature
- (1864-1913), writer
- Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski (1737-1786), starosta chełmski, Sejm deputy
- Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski (1662-1728), Grand Crown Hetman
- Walery Rzewuski (1837-1888), early portrait photographer, alderman of Kraków
- Wacław Piotr Rzewuski (1706-1779), Grand Crown Hetman
- Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski (1784-1831), traveler
- Tadeusz Rzewuski (1905-1995), President of the Free Poles in France
- Alex-Ceslas Rzewuski (1892-1983), priest and writer
Palaces[]
Palace in Podhorce
Manor house in Bratoszewice
Palace in Arcugowo
Ruins of a Rzewuski manor house in Gardzienice
Ruins of the Branicki palace in
References[]
- Dworzaczek Włodzimierz, Genealogia, Warszawa 1959
- Lenczewski Tomasz, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. I, Warszawa 1995-1996
External links[]
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