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Władysław Ostrowski
Wladyslaw Tomasz Rawicz-Ostrowski (1790-1869) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and Count since 1798. Wladyslaw was officer of the horse artillery in the army of the Duchy of Warsaw. He was awarded with the Virtuti Militari in 1809 after the Battle of Raszyn and with the Légion d'honneur order for Napoleon's Russian Campaign from 1812 to 1813. He left the army after Napoleon's defeat. Later he tried his skills in poetry (he translated Lord Byron's poems). In December 1830 he was elected the Marshal of the Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland and served until the end of the national November Uprising of 1830–1831. In emigration he became an activist of Hotel Lambert. Interned by the Austrians he spent most of his life in Graz and in 1861 was allowed to settle down in Kraków. Awards * Virtuti Militari in 1809. * Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawicz Coat Of Arms
Rawa (Rawicz) is a coat of arms of Polish heraldry, Polish origin. It was borne by several szlachta, noble families of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russian Empire and History of Ukraine, Ukraine. The ancestry of first bearers of Rawicz (the Rawici clan) is debated. Version supported by Polish chronicler Jan Długosz points out branch of History of the Czech lands, Czech (Bohemian) Vršovci clan, version supported by Polish heraldist Kasper Niesiecki (as better) says that their origin is pagan Polish. Lot of families were later legally adopted into the clan or ennoblement, ennobled with this coat of arms, some misattributed to the clan by similarity of arms, names or by simple error or usurpation. Nowadays it (or its modification) is used as coat of arms of several Polish settlements. Blazon Main version (in others colours may differ): Shield Or (heraldry), Or (gold) with a bear (probably ''ursus arctos'') Sable (heraldry), Sable (black) facing dexter (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |