Antoni Dunin

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Antoni Dunin (1907–1939) was a Polish nobleman (

Hrabia (Count), and an army officer who received the Virtuti Militari award.[1]

Biography

The Granówko estate, Dunin's childhood home

Dunin was born on June 5, 1907, the youngest child of Lucia (Łucja)

Łabędź (swan).[4]

On December 28, 1933, Dunin married Zofia Helena Werner (1910–1939), daughter of Poland's vice-Finance Minister Edward Werner,[5] and great-niece of Saint Raphael Kalinowski. They had three children: Krystyna, Stanley (Stanisław, named after Dunin's older brother), and Magda (Magdelena).[2]

Between 1933 and 1934 he served as an NCO in the

Battle of Bzura.[7] Dunin was killed in combat at the age of 32 on September 16, 1939.[8] His wife was killed the next day, at the age of 29.[2]

Dunin's descendants were eventually able to escape Poland to France and finally to the United States in the 1940s.[9]

In popular culture

Dunin is one of the characters in the Italian novel "Il Guardiano dei Sogni" (The Guardian of Dreams) by

ISBN 88-04-54976-9
).

See also

  • Dunin (surname)
    , other figures who share the family name

References

  1. ^ Wesolowski, Z (February 5, 1998). "Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari Recipients (1792–1992)". Federation of East European Family History Societies. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
  2. ^ a b c Dunin, Elonka (June 20, 2005). "Antoni Dunin (Hr.)". Retrieved 2007-08-13.
  3. ^ Wojcierch Boguslawski. "Family Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
  4. ^ "Labedz Clan Coat of Arms - Family Crest from Poland". Family-crests.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
  5. ^ "Edward Werner, Ex-vice Minister of Finance of Poland had Lectured Here". New York Times. November 17, 1945.
  6. ^ Juliusz S. Tym (2005). "Nadania odznaki pamiątkowej 15. pułku ułanów Poznańskich w latach 1923–1939" (pdf). Mars (in Polish). 19: 98. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  7. ^ a b Juliusz Tym (2005). "Kawaleria w bitwie nad Bzurą (Cavalry in the Battle of Bzura)" (in Polish). Polonia Militaris. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  8. ISBN 83-210-0081-9, Pani Wojenka (Lady War)
  9. ^ "Engagement of Countess Revealed". Detroit Times. April 23, 1957.
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