Justynian Szczytt (1740–1824) Explained

Justynian Szczytt (6 February 1740 – 7 March 1824) was a member of the Permanent Council, member of the parliament (sejm walny) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

He was member of Szczytt family, which used Jastrzębiec as coat of arms^[1] (according to Kasper Niesiecki it was not Jastrzębiec, but Radwan^[2]). Justynian was an only son of Jan Szczytt (1705-1767) and his second wife Barbara née Chomińska (d. 1775), daughter of Ludwik Jakub Chomiński, a writer of Lithuania (pisarz wielki literwski, notarius magnus Lithuaniae).

Justynian was educated at Collegium Nobilium in Wilno.

Justynian Szczytt died on 7 March 1824. He was buried in the underground in Dominicans' Church in .^[3]

Wives and children

He was married twice. His first wife was Kazimiera Barbara Łopaciński (b. 14 March 1746, d. 3 February 1773). In 1775 he married Kazimiera Woyna (d. 1783), daughter of Józef Woyna, widow of Trojan Korsak, Połock's vice-voivode (podwojewodzi, literally: under-voivode).

Children from the first marriage were:

• Barbara Petronella Magdalena, b. 30 June 1763, d. 17 February 1824, wife of Józef Kazimierz Maciej Dusiatski Rudomina,
• Feliks, b. 20 November 1764, d. 1793,
• Anna,
• Józefa,
• Tekla Kunegunda Teresa, b. 5 November 1770, d. as child.

Children from the second marriage were:

• Józef, b. 15 Mai 1777,
• Tadeusz, b. 1778, d. 1840, Połock's marshal (marszałek)
• Jan, d. 14 April 1851,
• Dorota, d. 10 June 1813, wife of Mikołaj Karnicki, Lucynia's marshal (marszałek).^[3]

References

• Book: Haratym, Andrzej. Andrzej Haratym. . 47 . 2010–2011. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności . Justynian Szczytt. 565–567.

Notes and References

1. Book: Żychliński, Teodor. Teodor Żychliński. Złota Księga Szlachty Polskiej . 4 . 1882. Jarosław Leiterberg . Poznań . 361.
2. Book: Niesiecki, Kasper. Kasper Niesiecki . Herbarz polski . 8 . 1841. Lipsk. Bretikopf & Hertel . 321.
3. Haratym, p. 567.