Józef Kossakowski (colonel)

Polish-Lithuanian noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPolish-Lithuanian noble
A.K.A.Jozef Dominik Korwin-Kossakowski
A.K.A.Jozef Dominik Korwin-Kossakowski
PlacesPoland
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth16 April 1771
Death2 November 1840Warsaw (aged 69 years)
The details

Biography

Józef Dominik Korwin-Kossakowski (16 August 1771 in Vaitkuškis near Ukmergė – 2 November 1840 in Warsaw), was a Polish–Lithuanian statesman and military commander, a participant of Targowica Confederation and a colonel of the Polish Army. He used the Ślepowron coat of arms.
Kossakowski had been a member of the Four-Year Sejm and was awarded the Order of the White Eagle by King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1793. He fought in the Grande Armée during the Napoleon's invasion of Russia and was one of the commanders in the November Uprising.
He married Ludwika Zofia Potocka, daughter of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki.
He was the owner of Vepriai manor from 1808 until his death in 1840, when it was inherited by his daughter Pelagia Kossakowska-Bower St. Clair.

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