Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski
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Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
Gosiewski (Korwin)
Gosiewski is the surname of a Polish szlachta family. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Gosiewska is the same form for a female family member.-History:...
Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...
Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski
Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski was a Polish szlachcic of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Recorder of Lithuania from 1610, Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1615, Voivode of Smolensk Voivodeship from 1625, Field Clerk of Lithuania 1630, Starost of Puńsk and Velizh...
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Teresa Korwin Gosiewska
Teresa Korwin Gosiewska was a Polish noblewoman .She was daughter of Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski and granddaughter of Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski, two of the most important political and military actors in the most troubled times,as the Polish-Muscovite War , Chmielnicki Uprising and The Deluge, of...
Vowchyn
Voŭčyn is a village in Kamenets Raion, Brest Voblast, Belarus. It was the birthplace of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.-History:...
Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski (ca. 1620–1662) was a Polish-Lithuanian
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
politician and military commander, a notable member of the szlachta
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
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Life
He was born some time about 1620 as Wincenty Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski to Aleksander Korwin GosiewskiAleksander Korwin Gosiewski
Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski was a Polish szlachcic of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Recorder of Lithuania from 1610, Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1615, Voivode of Smolensk Voivodeship from 1625, Field Clerk of Lithuania 1630, Starost of Puńsk and Velizh...
, a renowned Polish-Lithuanian diplomat and the voivode of the Smolensk Voivodeship
Smolensk Voivodeship
Smolensk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth....
. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Bologna. By 1646 he received the title of Master of the Pantry
Stolnik
Stolnik was a court office in Poland and Muscovy, responsible for serving the royal table.- Stolnik in Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania : In Crown of Poland under the first Piast dukes and kings, this was a court office....
for Lithuania. Between November 21 and December 24, 1650 he also served as the marshal of the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
. At the same time he must have served in the Polish–Lithuanian army since in 1651 he was promoted to general of artillery.
The following year Gosiewski became the Grand Treasurer of Lithuania. At the same time he continued his military career and in 1654 he was promoted to the rank of Field Lithuanian Hetman
Hetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
, one of the two highest ranks in the Polish–Lithuanian armed forces. As such he took part in fights against the Cossacks during the Chmielnicki Uprising, - Battle of Loyew (1649)
Battle of Loyew (1649)
The Battle of Loyew , was a battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Loyew in Belarus, a numerically superior force of Cossacks under the command of Cossack warleaders Stepan Pobodailo and Mykhailo Krychevsky was defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
. During the Swedish invasion of 1655, known as The Deluge
The Deluge (Polish history)
The term Deluge denotes a series of mid-17th century campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a wider sense it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, thus comprising the Polish–Lithuanian theaters of the Russo-Polish and...
, Gosiewski at first submitted his forces to the Swedish king Charles X, following the politics of de facto overlords of Lithuania, Princes Janusz Radziwiłł and Bogusław Radziwiłł. However, afterwards he rebelled with his troops and joined the Polish forces fighting the Swedes.
With his forces he took part in the Battle of Warsaw
Battle of Warsaw (1656)
The Battle of Warsaw was a battle which took place near Warsaw on , between the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden and Brandenburg on the other. It was a major battle in the Second Northern War between Poland and Sweden in the period 1655–1660, also known as...
of 1656. After the Polish defeat, he crossed the Swedish lines and operated with his forces behind the enemy lines in Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
and northern Masovia. He took part in the victorious battles of Prostki
Battle of Prostki
The Battle of Prostki was fought near Prostki on October 8, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and allied Crimean Tatars commanded by hetman Wincenty Gosiewski on one side, and on the other allied Swedish and Brandenburg forces commanded by Prince Georg Friedrich of...
, (where he defeated Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł), and Filipów
Battle of Filipów
The Battle of Filipów was fought on October 22, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Field Lithuanian Hetman Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Gustaf Otto Stenbock and Jerzego Fryderyk. Swedish victory....
. After the Swedish defeat in Poland and Denmark, Gosiewski was one of the people behind preparation of the Welawa-Bydgoszcz Treaty.
After the Muscovy declared war on Poland, Gosiewski moved his forces to the area of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
, where he fought with distinction. However, in 1658 after the defeat in the Battle of Werki
Battle of Werki
Battle of Werki fought in autumn of 1658 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia marked the resumption of hostilities in the Russo-Polish War ; it ended with Russian victory....
he was captured by the Muscovite forces and remained in their captivity until 1662.
He reassumed his earlier posts and became one of the supporters of the Polish king John II Casimir
John II Casimir of Poland
John II Casimir was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648–1660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa and...
. He followed the policy of support for strong and centralized royal power, known as Vivente rege
Vivente Rege
Vivente Rege is a form of king's election, where the king's successor, usually of the same dynasty, was elected before the old king died...
. In 1662 he was taken by the anti-royal Lithuanian confederates and shot to death on November 29 of that year.
Dynastic Genealogy has only records of one daughter, Teresa. The existence of Boguslaw Korwin Gosiewski, and Zofia, comes from a misunderstanding or from a no quoted source.