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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 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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