Józef Ankwicz
Józef Ankwicz | |
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Coat of arms | Abdank |
Born | c. 1750 |
Died | 9 May 1794 (age 44) Warsaw |
Noble family | Ankwicz |
consort | Anna Biberstein-Starowieyska |
Issue | Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz, Krystyna Antonina Ankwicz |
Father | Stanisław Walenty Ankwicz |
Mother | Salomea Schwarcemberg-Czerna |
Józef Ankwicz (Polish pronunciation:
Biography
Son of Stanisław Walenty Ankwicz and Salomea Schwarcemberg-Czerny. Married to Anna Biberstein-Starowieyska, father of Andrzej Alojzy Jan Stanisław Ankwicz (archbishop of Lviv) and daughters Kordula and Krystyna.[1]
He was also awarded with
In 1792 a number of Polish diplomatic missions were cancelled, and Ankwicz was recalled to Warsaw. This meant that he lost his main source of income. He was able to briefly return to Denmark, but the end of the
During the Kościuszko Uprising he was captured by the Polish revolutionaries. On the request of Polish Jacobins, he was sentenced by the summary revolutionary court to hanging, together with some of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation: Józef Kossakowski, hetman Piotr Ożarowski and hetman Józef Zabiełło.[5] He was executed on 9 May 1794 in Warsaw, in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising, a part of the Kościuszko Uprising.[2][5] His last actions earned him further recognition, as he gave the executioner a golden box, to commemorate the moment of the execution, and put the rope on his neck himself.[4]
References
- ^ "Józef hr. Ankwicz z Posławic h. Awdaniec (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)". Sejm-wielki.pl. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ a b Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1903). Polska w czasie trzech rozbiorów, 1772-1779: 1791-1799. Gebethner i Wolff. p. 312. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-83-89188-77-9. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-231-05351-8. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
External links
- (in Polish) Another genealogical entry