Józef Kossakowski (colonel)

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.

Józef Kossakowski
Józef Kossakowski around 1794
Coat of armsŚlepowron
Full name
Józef Dominik Korwin-Kossakowski
Born16 August 1771
Vaitkuškis near Ukmergė
Died2 November 1840
Warsaw
Noble familyKossakowski
Spouse(s)Zofia Potocka
FatherMichał Kossakowski
Ślepowron, the coat of arms of Korwin-Kossakowski

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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