Walewski
The Walewski family (plural: Walewscy, feminine form: Walewska) was an influential Polish noble family which originated from Walewice in Łęczyca Land, firstly mentioned in 1382.
Coat of arms of Count Colonna-Walewski
Aleksander Colonna-Walewski
Michał Walewski; portrait by
Józef Pitschmann (1788)
Józef Pitschmann (1788)
History
The family issued 15 senators in the First Polish Republic (1574-1795), one senator of the Polish Kingdom (1819-1831), 4 Knights of the Order of the White Eagle, 4 Knights of the Order of Virtuti Militari in the Napoleonic era and 2 during the November Uprising 1830–31, 1 Knight of Malta and 3 canonesses of Warsaw.
Notable members
- Aleksander Colonna-Walewski (1778-1845), senator
- Aleksander Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868), Polish and French politician, Illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I
- Marcin Walewski (died 1761), podkomorzy of Sieradz
- Maria Walewska, mistress of Emperor Napoleon. In her later years she married count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano.
- Michał Walewski (1735-1806), Voivode of Sieradz
- Władysław Walewski, co-author of the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
- Wincenty Colonna Walewski, (1841-1896), Count, veteran of the January Uprising
- Bogumił Gabriel Walewski, cześnik of Sieradz in 1793 roku, member of the Great Sejm
Residences
Palace in Walewice
References
- Konarski Szymon, Armorial de la noblesse titree polonaise, Paris 1958, s. 336–338.
- Lenczewski Tomasz, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. 1, Warszawa 1996–1997, s. 207–212.
- "Szlachta wylegitymowana w Królestwie Polskim w latach 1836-1861". www.szlachta.org.
- Teodor Żychliński: Złota księga szlachty polskiej. T. 5. Poznań: 1883, s. 378.
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