Zygmunt Sierakowski

Zygmunt Sierakowski
Zygmunt Sierakowski
Nickname(s)	Dołęga
Born	19 May 1826; Lisów, Russian Empire
Died	27 June 1863 (aged 37); Vilnius, Russian Empire
Spouse(s)	Apolonia Dalewska (m. 1862)
Relations	Ignacy Sierakowski (father); Fortunata Morawska (mother);

Zygmunt Sierakowski (Belarusian: Зігмунт Ігнатавіч Серакоўскі, Lithuanian: Zigmantas Sierakauskas) (19 May 1826, Lisów – 27 June 1863, Vilnius) was one of the leaders of the January Uprising in lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.^[1] Sierakowski was married with his wife Apolonia Dalewska in Kėdainiai, present-day Lithuania in 1862.^[2] According to the verdict of the Military Field Court (confirmed by the Governor General of the Vilna Governorate Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky on June 25, 1863), he was hanged in Lukiškės Square in Vilnius and was secretly buried on Gediminas' Hill (his remains were found and researched in 2017, and honorably reburied in the Rasos Cemetery Chapel on November 22, 2019).^[1]^[3] One of the most precious artefacts found alongside his remains was a wedding ring, which was still on his right arm, with an inscription on the inside of the ring "Zygmund Apolonija 11 Sierpnia / 30 Lipca 1862 r."^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Zigmantas Sierakauskas". Vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ Gudavičiūtė, Dalia. "Z. Sierakausko žmona Apolonija atsiminimuose rašė: "Kodėl tąsyk mes abu nežuvome?"". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "Reburial of 1863 Uprising leaders: pivotal moment in relations of Lithuania, Poland and Belarus". Lrt.lt. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "Žinios. Gedimino kalne rastas Sierakausko ir žmonos Apolonijos vestuvinis žiedas – vienas vertingiausių radinių". Lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ Baškienė, Rasa (5 October 2017). "Apolonija Dalevskytė-Sierakauskienė – sukilėlių vado žmona". Bernardinai.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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[Vle-1] "Zigmantas Sierakauskas". Vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[2] Gudavičiūtė, Dalia. "Z. Sierakausko žmona Apolonija atsiminimuose rašė: "Kodėl tąsyk mes abu nežuvome?"". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[3] "Reburial of 1863 Uprising leaders: pivotal moment in relations of Lithuania, Poland and Belarus". Lrt.lt. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[4] "Žinios. Gedimino kalne rastas Sierakausko ir žmonos Apolonijos vestuvinis žiedas – vienas vertingiausių radinių". Lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[5] Baškienė, Rasa (5 October 2017). "Apolonija Dalevskytė-Sierakauskienė – sukilėlių vado žmona". Bernardinai.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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