Stanisław Ferdynant Rzewuski (1737–1786) was a Polish noble (
szlachcic
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in t ...
). Knight of the
Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 1760.
Born and raised in
Marshal, he was the son of Hetman
Wacław Rzewuski
Wacław Piotr Rzewuski (1706–1779) was a Polish dramatist and poet as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. As a notable nobleman and magnate, Rzewuski held a number of important posts in the administration of the Polish–Lit ...
and
Anna Lubomirska. He married the daughter of
Hetman
( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders.
Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military ...
and Court Marshals
Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł
Prince Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł (, be, Міхал Казімер Радзівіл; 13 June 1702 – 15 May 1762) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble. A member of the aristocratic Radziwiłł family, he was frequently refe ...
, Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł on 13 June 1758 in
Nieśwież
Nesvizh, Niasviž ( be, Нясві́ж ; lt, Nesvyžius; pl, Nieśwież; russian: Не́свиж; yi, ניעסוויז; la, Nesvisium) is a city in Belarus. It is the administrative centre of the Nyasvizh District (''rajon'') of Minsk Region ...
. They had six children together:
Seweryn Rzewuski
Seweryn Rzewuski (; 13 March 1743 in Podhorce – 11 December 1811 in Vienna) was a Polish nobleman, writer, poet, general of the Royal Army, Field Hetman of the Crown, Voivode of Podolian Voivodeship and one of the leaders of the Targow ...
,
Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski
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,
Teofilia Rzewuska,
Anna Rzewuska,
Franciszka Rzewuska
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* Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942), Polish poet of Jewish descent
* Franciszka Ksawera Brzozowska (1807–1872), Polish noble lady
* Fran ...
and
Karolina Rzewuska.
He was
Rotmistrz
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Pancerny
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since 1755,
Great Podstoli of Lithuania
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From the 14th century, this was an honorary court title and a district office in Crown ...
since 1759,
Great Chorąży of Lithuania
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from 1762 to 1782,
starost
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of
Chełm
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and
Field Marshal
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of
Austria
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.
Field marshals of Austria
Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1737 births
1786 deaths
People from Lviv Oblast
Rzewuski, Stanislaw Ferdynant
Stanislaw Ferdynant
18th-century Polish–Lithuanian military personnel
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