Zygmunt Kurnatowski
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Noble family 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...	Kurnatowski Kurnatowski The Kurnatowski was a noble family within Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14th century into the 20th. The family was part of the Łodzia clan and were participants in politics, arts, military endeavours, and Calvinist clergymen...
Coat of Arms 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...	Clan Łodzia
Parents
Consorts	Anna Stamm
Children
Date of Birth	1778
Place of Birth	Pożarów, Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Date of Death	1858
Place of Death	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Zygmunt Aleksander Kurnatowski (1778 in Pożarów – 1858 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

). He was a count

Count

A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...

 and Polish noble

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...

 of the Łodzia coat of arms. He was a Major General

Major General

Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

 in the army of Kingdom of Poland

Congress Poland

The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...

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Born into a segment of the Kurnatowski

Kurnatowski

The Kurnatowski was a noble family within Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14th century into the 20th. The family was part of the Łodzia clan and were participants in politics, arts, military endeavours, and Calvinist clergymen...

 family that were devout members of the Polish Reformed Church

Polish Reformed Church

The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the republic of Poland is a historic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today.-Structure and organisation:An internal census showed that in 2004 the Polish Reformed Church...

. He was a participant of the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806, after which he joined the army of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw

Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...

. He participated in of all of its major campaigns. In 1810 he reached the rank of the colonel. Was made General from 1814 and commander of a cavalry brigade. He fought to the end of the existence of the Napoleonic Army, then returned to Poland and joined the Army of the Kingdom of Poland.

From 1823 he was made commander of a brigade in the Reserve Corps. From 1828 aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...

 of the tsar

Tsar

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 of Russia Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...

, reaching the rank of a Major General. He obeyed the orders of each authority even despite his own convictions. As the member of a Military Court, he opted for the condemnation of Walerian Łukasiński.

On the night of the start of November Uprising

November Uprising

The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...

 of 1830 he opposed the insurgents and resigned from active duty.

On the defeat of the rebellion he briefly re-entered Russian service, but in 1832 he was dismissed by the tsar. Buried in the Calvinist burial ground in Orzeszkowo

Orzeszkowo

Orzeszkowo may refer to the following places:*Orzeszkowo, Międzychód County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Orzeszkowo, Środa Wielkopolska County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...

near Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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