Danielewicz Wincenty

Wincenty Danilewicz (1787–1878) – born in 1787 in Minsk Lit. (former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth territory), was involved – as light-cavalryman – in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order Legion of Honour (Polish) <ref>Łoza S.: Legia honorowa w Polsce 1803–1923 (French Order of Legion of Honour in Poland 1803–1923), Zamość 1923, ed. Zygmunt Pomarański i Spółka (reprint Warszawa 1986, ed. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe – WAiF), p. 38, entry No 284</ref><ref>Bielecki R.: 1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard - Szwoleżerowie gwardii, seria: „Słynne Pułki Polskie” (series: "Famous Polish Regiments", Ed. „Neriton” Publishers, Warszawa 1996, p. 240 (Entry No.2259)</ref> and Saint Helena Medal. He took part (among others) in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (20–21 March 1814), where he was wounded.<ref>(Polish) Masłowski M. [coll.]: Stanisław Masłowski – Materiały do życiorysu i twórczości (Stanisław Masłowski – Materials for the biography and works), Wrocław 1957, ed. "Ossolineum" – Polish Academy of Sciences, pp. 17–19</ref>

In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancery (medieval office) of Senate of Poland in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldy administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844.<ref>(Polish) Masłowski M. ..., op.cit., pp. 17–19</ref>

Later in his life, Wincenty Danilewicz moved to Jędrzejów. Afterwards he ran the literary production i.e: "three tragedies" and the opera buffa. His great-grandson Maciej Masłowski wrote (1957), that in Wincenty testament (1859) thirty volumes of his memoirs are also mentioned.<ref>Maciej Masłowski, op.cit., p.19.</ref>

Wincenty was married to Franciszka Grunwald and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna 1827 <ref>26 June 1827 (Waleria certificate of birth and baptism is preserved in Maciej Masłowski family archive)</ref>-1869) that married Rajmund Masłowski (lawyer). Together, they had a son Stanisław Masłowski, great Polish painter. Masłowski family belonged to Clan Samson (Samson CoA).

Bibliography

• Bielecki R.: Szwoleżerowie gwardii, seria: „Słynne Pułki Polskie” (series: "Famous Polish Regiments", Ed. „Neriton” Publishers, Warszawa 1996,
• Łoza S.: Legia honorowa w Polsce 1803–1923 (French Order of Legion of Honour in Poland 1803–1923), Zamość 1923, ed. Zygmunt Pomarański i Spółka (reprint Warszawa 1986, ed. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe – WAiF),
• (in Polish) Maciej Masłowski|Masłowski M. coll.: Stanisław Masłowski – Materiały do życiorysu i twórczości Stanisław Masłowski – Materials for the biography and works), Wrocław 1957, ed. "Ossolineum" – Polish Academy of Sciences