''Szkoła Rycerska'' ( en, School of Chivalry) or ''Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów Jego Królewskiej Mości i Rzeczypospolitej'' (English: ''Nobles' Academy of the Corps of Cadets of His Royal Majesty and the Commonwealth'') was the first state school in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
18th century
The state Corps of Cadets was established in
Warsaw on 15 March 1765 by King
Stanisław August Poniatowski.
The Corps of Cadets was housed in the
Kazimierz Palace
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Originally built in 1637-41, it was first rebuilt in 1660 for King John II Casim ...
(''Pałac Kazimierzowski'', now the
rectorate of
Warsaw University). The Corps' commandant was Prince
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
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.
The Corps of Cadets was closed in 1795 following the suppression of the
Kościuszko Uprising
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, which had been led by one of the Corps' first alumni,
Tadeusz Kościuszko.
In the reign of
Stanisław August Poniatowski, several private corps of cadets were also established: by A. Tyzenhauz at
Grodno, K. Radziwiłł at
Nieśwież, W. Potocki at
Niemirów, A. Sułkowski at
Rydzyna
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The ...
.
Interbellum
In the period between the two
World Wars
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, the institution of the Corps of Cadets would be revived in Poland. Three state secondary schools of that name would be created: at
Kraków (later at
Lwów), at
Modlin (later at
Chełmno
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Due to its regional importa ...
) and at
Rawicz
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.
After World War II
After
World War II, in the
People's Republic of Poland, until 1956, there existed in Warsaw a Corps of Cadets of the Internal Security Corps (''Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego'').
Revival
The original Corps' work is continued by ''Fundacja Szkoła Rycerska''.
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Notable alumni
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
*
Romualdas Giedraitis Romualdas is a Lithuanian
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*
Jakub Jasiński
Jakub Krzysztof Jasiński ( lt, Jokūbas Kristupas Jasinskis) of Rawicz Clan (24 July 1761, in Węglew near Pyzdry in Greater Poland – 4 November 1794, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish general, and poet of Enlightenment.Jerzy Snopek "The Polis ...
*
Hans Moritz Hauke
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Life
Hans Morit ...
*
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
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Early life
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was born 6 February 1758 in Skoki, near ...
*
Karol Kniaziewicz
Baron Karol Otto Kniaziewicz (4 May 1762 in Assiten, Courland (now Asīte, Latvia) – 9 May 1842 in Paris) was a Polish general and political activist.
Karol attended the Knight School in Warsaw. He participated in the Polish-Russian war of ...
*
Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha
Prince Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (1757–1798) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble (szlachcic) and one the creators of the 3 May Constitution.
Biography
Early life and career
Kazimierz Sapieha was educated at the Knight School in Warsaw from 1767 un ...
*
Józef Sowiński
Józef Sowiński (1777–1831) was a Polish artillery general and one of the heroes of Poland's November 1830 Uprising.
Biography
Józef Longin Sowiński was born on 15 March 1777 in Warsaw. After graduating from the famous Corps of Cadets ...
*
Rajmund Rembieliński
Rajmund Rembieliński (1774–1841) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), political activist, and landowner.
Rembieliński owned estates in Jedwabne, Krośniewice and Giełczyn. He was a graduate of the Knight School in Warsaw (1788– ...
See also
*
Academy of National Defence
*
Cadet Corps
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*
Cadet Corps (disambiguation)
Notes
References
*"''Korpusy kadetów''" ("Corps of cadets"), ''
Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN
''Internetowa encyklopedia PWN'' (Polish for ''Internet PWN Encyclopedia'') is a free online Polish-language encyclopedia published by Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe ...
'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 2, Warsaw,
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, p. 566.
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