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.

Coat of arms of the Rzewuski family
Wacław Rzewuski
Michał Józef Rzewuski
Franciszek Michał Rzewuski
Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski

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
  • Michał Józef Rzewuski (d. 1770), voivode of Podole
  • Aleksandra Franciszka Rzewuska (1788-1865), artist
  • Jadwiga Rzewuska (1843-1889), historical writer
  • Adam Rzewuski (d. 1717), castellan of Podlasie
  • Adam Rzewuski (1805-1888), landowner, Russian general
  • Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski (1760-1825), Sejm deputy, political writer
  • Ewelina Hańska, wife of Honoré de Balzac
  • Franciszek Rzewuski (c. 1730-1800), Sejm deputy
  • Maria Ludwika Rzewuska (1744–1816), wife of Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz
  • Franciszek Kazimierz Rzewuski (zm. 1683) stolnik of Podole, Sejm deputy
  • Henryk Rzewuski (1791-1866), writer and essayist
  • Jan Rzewuski (d. 1759), Podstoli of Lithuania
  • Józef Rzewuski (1739-1816), Sejm deputy, general
  • Teresa Karolina Rzewuska (1749–1787). wife of Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł
  • Kazimierz Rzewuski (c. 1750-1820), Sejm deputy
  • Leons Rzewuski (1808-1869), publicist
  • Stanisław Beydo Rzewuski (d. 1668), judge, Sejm deputy
  • Stanisław Rzewuski (1806-1831), historian of philosophy and literature
  • Stanisław Rzewuski (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
  • Stefan Rzewuski 1893-1954
  • 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

References
  • Dworzaczek Włodzimierz, Genealogia, Warszawa 1959
  • Lenczewski Tomasz, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. I, Warszawa 1995-1996


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