Wincenty Danilewicz

Wincenty Danilewicz (born 1787 in Minsk – 1878) was a member of the Ostoja Danielewicz family and served as a light-cavalryman in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour[2][3] and Saint Helena Medal. He took part (among others) in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (20–21 March 1814), where he was wounded.[4]

Wincenty Danilewicz (Danielewicz) and his daughters, photograph of ca 1850. (Waleria Danilewicz – sitting, Aneta and Julia – standing behind). Source: Masłowski family archive.[1]
Ostoja coat of arms

In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancery of Senat in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldic administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844.[4]

Later in his life, Wincenty Danilewicz moved to Jędrzejów. Afterwards he ran the literary production i.e: three tragedies and the opera buffa. His great-grandson Maciej Masłowski wrote (1957), that in Wincenty testament (1859) thirty volumes of his memoirs are also mentioned.[4]

Wincenty was married to Franciszka (born Grunwald, died 1842[5]) and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna (1827[6]-1869) who married Rajmund Masłowski (lawyer). Together, they had a son Stanisław Masłowski, great Polish painter. Masłowski family belonged to Clan Samson that used Samson Coat of Arms.[7] He died 23 March 1878 (aged 90)[8]

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References
  1. Wincenty Danilewicz mentioned his daughters in his testament of 1859 (preserved).
  2. (Polish) Łoza S.: Legia honorowa w Polsce 1803–1923 (French Order of Legion of Honour in Poland 1803–1923), Zamość 1923, ed. Zygmunt Pomarański i Spółka (reprint Warszawa 1986, ed. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe – WAiF), p. 38, entry No 284
  3. (in Polish) Bielecki R.: Szwoleżerowie gwardii, seria: „Słynne Pułki Polskie” (series: "Famous Polish Regiments", Ed. „Neriton” Publishers, Warszawa 1996, p. 240 (Entry No.2259)
  4. (Polish) Masłowski M. [coll.]: Stanisław Masłowski – Materiały do życiorysu i twórczości (Stanisław Masłowski – Materials for the biography and works), Wrocław 1957, ed. "Ossolineum" – Polish Academy of Sciences, pp. 17–19
  5. See her tomb in Powązki Cemetery (Warsaw) https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Stanislaw_Maslowski_grave,_Old_Powazki_Cemetery,_sect._11-1-7-8,_november_2012.jpg
  6. 26 June 1827 (Waleria certificate of birth and baptism is preserved in Masłowski family archive)
  7. See Rajmund Masłowski Nobiliry Certificate (in Polish): https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Rajmund_Mas%C5%82owski_(1825-1897)_Noble_certificate,_1853,_obverse.JPG.
  8. See the epitaph in Holy Trinity parish church in Jędrzejów
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