Józef Wybicki
Józef Wybicki | |
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Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" | |
Born | Będomin, Pomerania, Poland | 29 September 1747
Died | 10 March 1822 Manieczki, Prussia (now Poland) | (aged 74)
Buried | Church of St. Adalbert, Poznań |
Noble family | Wybicki herbu (coat of arms) Rogala |
Spouse(s) | 1. Kunegunda Wybicka, née Drwęska (1773–1775) 2. Estera Wybicka, née Wierusz-Kowalska (1780) |
Father | Piotr Wybicki |
Mother | Konstancja Wybicka, née z Lniskich |
Józef Rufin Wybicki (Polish pronunciation:
Life
Wybicki was born in Będomin, in the region of Pomerania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2] His family was Pomeranian nobility.[3]
He finished a
Returning to Poland, in the 1770s and 1780s he was associated with the
He participated in the Kościuszko Uprising (1794)[2] and was a member of the Military Section of the Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia.[8] During the uprising, he co-organized the Polish administration in the liberated city of Bydgoszcz.[4] After the failure of this insurrection he moved to France.[3]
He was a close friend of both
After the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, he held a number of positions in its Department of Justice, and continued working for it after the Duchy's transformation into Congress Poland.[3] In 1817 he became president of the Supreme Court of Congress Poland.[10]
He died on 10 March 1822 in Manieczki, then part of the Grand Duchy of Posen in the Prussian Partition of Poland.[2]
Works
Wybicki was a writer, journalist and a poet.[2] He wrote political-themed poems, plays and political treaties advocating reforms in Poland in the 1770s and 1780s.[2][3] His works of that time analyzed the Polish political system, the concepts of liberty, and advocated for more rights for the peasantry.[11] He would also publish more political brochures in the 1800s, advocating for liberal reforms in the Duchy of Warsaw.[3]
See also
- Enlightenment in Poland
References
- ^ "JÓZEF WYBICKI". www.jozefwybicki.pl. Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Muzeum Hymnu Narodowego. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bolesław Oleksowicz. "Józef WYBICKI". VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF POLISH LITERATURE. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-13121-4.
- ^ a b Krzysztof Drozdowski. "Rocznica śmierci Józefa Wybickiego. Razem z generałem Dąbrowskim wyzwalał Bydgoszcz". Tygodnik Bydgoski (in Polish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ISBN 978-83-86079-02-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-925033-2.
- ISBN 978-83-05-11947-4.
- ISBN 978-83-207-0478-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8204-7866-1.
- ^ Jadwiga Lechicka (1962). Józef Wybicki (in Polish). Państw. Wyd. nauk. p. 167.
- ISBN 978-90-04-23121-4.
- ^ (in Polish) Dziennik Urzędowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych. 1927, nr 1 i 2
External links
- Biography at univ.gda.pl
- Memoirs of Józef Wybicki
- Free scores by Józef Wybicki at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)