Kossakowski

Kossakowski (Lithuanian: Kosakovskiai)[lower-alpha 1] was an aristocratic family of Mazovian origin.[1][2]

Ślepowron, the coat of arms of Korwin-Kossakowski
Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski (1738–1794)
Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski (1755–1808)
Józef Kossakowski (1772–1842)

They were first mentioned in the 13th century and initially settled in Ciechanów County, from where they branched out to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Podolia, Volhynia, and Livonia.[1]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Kossakowski family was Ślepowron.

Famous members
  • Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski (1755–1808), bishop of Inflanty and later of Vilna
  • Józef Dominik Kossakowski (1771–1840), colonel, member of the Targowica Confederation, son-in-law of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
  • Józef Kossakowski (1772–1842), general of French army, aide-de-camp of Napoleon
  • Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski (1738–1794), bishop of Inflanty, a member of the Targowica Confederation
  • Józef Kossakowski (1807–1857), printer in Lublin
  • Józef Ignacy Kossakowski (1757–1829), political and educational activist
  • Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (1741–1794) one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation and the last Great Hetman of Lithuania.
  • Jan Kossakowski (died 1680) member of the Sejm
  • Antoni Kossakowski (1718–1786) – poet
  • Michał Kossakowski (1733–1798) – voivode of Witebsk and Bracław Voivodeship
  • Antoni Kossakowski (1735–1798) – castelan in Livonia
  • Jakub Kossakowski (1752–1784) – podstoli of Kowno
  • Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski (1755–1808) – bishop of Inflanty and Wilno
  • Adam Kossakowski (1756–1828) – auxiliary bishop of Inflanty and Wilno, Jesuit
  • Jarosław Michał Kossakowski (1842–1889) – participated in the January Uprising
  • Michał Stanisław Kossakowski (1883–1962) – landowner, diplomat, banker
  • Jan Kossakowski (1900–1979) – physician, surgeon
  • Józef Kossakowski (1917–1988) – ichthyologist
  • Eustachy Kossakowski (1925–2001) – photographer
  • Zofia Kossakowska (born 1924) – art historian
  • Barbara Kossakowska (1927–2007) – architect
  • Andrzej Kossakowski (1929–1992) – art historian
  • Jerzy Kossakowski (born 1952) – member of the Sejm
  • Grzegorz Kossakowski, Polish bobsledder

Palaces
  • Kossakowski Palace in Warsaw
    Kossakowski Palace in Warsaw
  • Kossakowski Palace in Warsaw (1922)
    Kossakowski Palace in Warsaw (1922)

References
  1. Klempert, Mateusz (2014). "Dzieje Fortuny rodu Kossakowskich z Wojtkuszek". Doktoranckie spotkania z historią (PDF) (in Polish). University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. pp. 171–172. ISBN 9788365171047.
  2. Mazur, Karol (2006). W stronę integracji z Koroną: sejmiki Wołynia i Ukrainy w latach 1569-1648. Neriton. p. 212. ISBN 9788389729804.

Notes
  1. Polish: plural: Kossakowscy, feminine: Kossakowska; Lithuanian: singular forms: m: Kosakovskis, f: Kosakovskienė, Kosakovskytė


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