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Skirmunt
Skirmunt is a surname derived from the Polish language given name of the Lithuanian given name Skirmantas. It belongs to two noble . Notable people with the surname include: * Helena Skirmunt (1827–1874), Polish painter * Konstanty Skirmunt (1866–1949), Polish politician *Raman Skirmunt Raman (Roman) Skirmunt (; 7 May 1868 – 7 October 1939) was a Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord. Patron, significant landowner, vice-chairman (1907-1917, 1918-?) of the Minsk Agricultural Society. Deputy (1906) of the ... (1868–1939), Belarusian and Polesian statesman {{surname Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raman Skirmunt
Raman (Roman) Skirmunt (; 7 May 1868 – 7 October 1939) was a Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord. Patron, significant landowner, vice-chairman (1907-1917, 1918-?) of the Minsk Agricultural Society. Deputy (1906) of the First State Duma of the Russian Empire; deputy (1910-1911) of the State Council of the Russian Empire from the Minsk province; (nominal) Prime Minister of the BNR (1918) — was not approved for the post of Prime Minister; senator of Poland (1930-1935). His cousin Konstanty Skirmunt was a notable Polish diplomat and minister of foreign affairs. Early years Raman Skirmunt was born in the village Parechcha in the Pinsky Uyezd of the Minsk Governorate (present-day Pinsk District of Belarus) in the family of Alexander Alexandrovich-Izidorovich Skirmunt (1830—1909), the representative of into the local noble family of the Catholic Lithuanian noble family of the Skirmunts. Roman Skyrmunt wrote about his origins: His father was the son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Skirmunt
Helena Skirmunt (sometimes Skirmuntt or Skirmuntowa; ; 5 November 1827 – 1 February 1874) was a Polish painter and sculptor. She was mostly self-taught though she briefly studied under several German and Italian artists. For participation in the January Uprising, she was deported to the interior of Russia and spent her last years in Crimea. As a painter she created landscapes, portraits, and religious icons; as a sculptor she completed numerous portrait medallions and religious works. In her later years she turned to historical sculpture drawing inspiration from the history of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Her daughter Konstancija Skirmuntt was a well-known historian. Biography Skirmuntt was born in 1827 in between Pinsk and Stolin in present-day Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Her family was local nobles who traced their lineage to the 13th century. Her parents were Pinsk district marshal Aleksander Skirmunt and his wife, Hortensja Orda, sister of the painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstanty Skirmunt
Konstanty Skirmunt () (30 August 1866 – 24 July 1949) was a Polish politician. During 1907—1914 he was a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire. He was a member of the Polish National Committee in Paris in 1917–1918, Polish ambassador in Rome in 1919–1921, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1921–22, and Polish ambassador in London in 1919–1934. Decorations *1923: Order of Polonia Restituta of the 1st class ('' Wielka wstęga orderu Odrodzenia Polski'') *1926: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) *1932: Gold Cross of Merit *1936: Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the m ... of the 1st class (Great Britain) References 1866 births 1949 deaths People from Ivanava district People from Brestsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skirmantas
The Palemonids () were a legendary dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The legend was born in the 15th or 16th century as proof that Lithuanians and the Grand Duchy were of Roman origins. History Jan Długosz (1415–1480) wrote that the Lithuanians were of Roman origin, but did not provide any proof. The legend is first recorded in the second edition of the Lithuanian Chronicles produced in the 1530s. At the time the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was quarrelling with the Kingdom of Poland, rejecting the claims that Poland had civilized the pagan and barbaric Lithuania. The Lithuanian nobility felt a need for the ruling dynasty to show upstanding origins, as the only available chronicles at the time were written by the Teutonic Knights, a long-standing enemy, and depicted Gediminas, ancestor of the Gediminids dynasty, as a hostler of Vytenis. In this new Lithuanian chronicle, Palemon (sometimes identified as Polemon II of Pontus), a relative of Roman emperor Nero, escaped Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
