Rafał De Weryha-Wysoczański

Chevalier Rafał Hugon Maria de Weryha-Wysoczański-PietrusiewiczListed with first name, two middle names, title of nobility and triple barrelled surname in ''Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, pp. 492-493, , ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser'' XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412-420, , Listed with title of nobility in ''Deutsches Adelsblatt'', Personelle Besetzung der Organisationen des Adels, No. 2, February 15, 2003, p. 41''Hamburger Abendblatt'', ''Stipendium für Cambridge Universität'', July 14, 1998, p. 2 (born May 7, 1975) is a Polish art historian, genealogist and writer,''Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii (Encyclopedia of the Polish Emigration and of the Poles Abroad)'', Toruń 2005, vol V, p. 235, who was a representative of the auction house Sotheby's.

Per the "Genealogy of the de Weryha-Wysoczański Family" pedigree he produced for the ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'' in 2008, he is the only child of sculptor Jan, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz, and nephew of Olympic Bronze Medallist and Vice World Champion in fencing Madame Ryszard Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz and millionaire landowner and philanthropist Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz.''Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 497, ,

Biography

Born in Gdynia, Poland, he was educated at the University of Hamburg and on a national merit-based scholarship''Hamburger Abendblatt'', ''Stipendium für Cambridge Universität'', July 14, 1998, p. 2 at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became a member of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. From a long line of womanisers in his family, he became a playboyChevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 41, , . and completed his doctorate – for which he was awarded another merit scholarship – under the supervision of Leibniz laureate Professor Martin Warnke. De Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz is a former Delegate to the European Commission of the Nobility in Paris. Per reviews listed on his own website, reviewers of his book ''Strategien des Privaten'' noted that it has a “wise central idea” and that it “gives important food for thought”. In 2016 he published a memoir entitled ''A Chevalier from Poland''.''A Chevalier from Poland''
at the De Weryha Collection

Thanks to a generous handicap, he came second in the President's Race 2015 on the Cresta Run, in St. MoritzStMTC ''Results of the President's Race 2015''
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Selected publications

* ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, .
* '' Deutsches Adelsblatt'', No. 10, October 15, 2002 (Contributor).
* ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser'' XXX, vol 145, Limburg an der Lahn 2008 (Contributor), .
* ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon'' XVI, vol 137, Limburg an der Lahn 2005 (Contributor), .
* ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon'' XVII, Nachträge, vol 144, Limburg an der Lahn 2008 (Contributor), .
* '' Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser'' IV, vol 8, Marburg 2018 (Contributor), .
* ''Komposition als Kommunikation. Zur Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift Professor Peter Petersen'', Frankfurt; Berlin; Bern; Bruxelles; New York; Oxford; Wien 2000 (Contributor), .
* ''St. Moritz Tobogganing Club'', Annual Report, No. 95, 2014-2015 (Contributor).
* ''Strategien des Privaten. Zum Landschaftspark von Humphry Repton und Fürst Pückler'', Berlin 2004, .

References

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1975 births
Living people
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
People from Gdynia
Polish art historians
Polish memoirists
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