Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski | |
Coa: | Jelita |
Spouse: | Jadwiga Działyńska |
Spouse-Type: | Consort |
Noble Family: | Zamoyski |
Father: | Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski |
Mother: | Zofia Czartoryska |
Child: | Władysław Zamoyski |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1803 |
Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Count Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski (24 March 1803 - 11 January 1868) was a Polish nobleman, politician, and general.
Zamoyski was the owner of estates in Cewków. He served as aide-de-camp to Grand Duke Constantine, commander-in-chief of the army and de facto viceroy of Congress Poland. He took part in the November Uprising of 1830 - 1831. Working with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski he became one of the main activists in the Hôtel Lambert group. He emigrated to England, where he represented the interests of Czartoryski's government-in-exile. In 1848 - 1849 he organized Polish units in Italy, serving with the Sardinian Army to fight against the Austrians (1848–49), and later, in 1855, he led a Polish cavalry division in the Ottoman Army during the Crimean War.
In March 1831, Zamoyski was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari.[1]
He was married to Jadwiga Działyńska and had four children: Władysław Zamoyski, Witold Zamoyski, Maria Zamoyska (1857-1857) and Maria Zamoyska (1860-1937).
He died in 1868 and was buried in Paris.