Ferdynand Ignacy Piłsudski


Ferdynand Ignacy Piłsudski Piłsudski coat of arms, was a Lithuanian nobleman, a colonel and commander of the Samogitian Division in the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Biography

Ferdynand Ignacy Piłsudski was born in Manor in c. 1670 to Jan Kazimierz Piłsudski and Ewa Piłsudska.
The family was Polonized Lithuanian nobility that over time became part of the Polish nobility ; it has been called either a Polish noble family or a Polish-Lithuanian noble family.
Ferdynand was the brother of:
  1. Konstancja Piłsudska
  2. Dominik Piłsudski
  3. Norbert Piłsudski
  4. Roch Mikołaj Piłsudski - Stolnik of Vawkavysk. Roch's marriage to Magłorzata Pancerzyńska - whose brother,, was Bishop of Vilnius - raised the wealth and prestige of the Piłsudski family.
  5. Mikołaj Piłsudski
  6. Reinhold Michał Piłsudski
  7. Joanna Petruszewiczowa
  8. Emerencjanna Jucewiczowa
  9. Eufrozyna Anreppa
  10. Anna Katarzyna Piłsudska
Ferdynand Piłsudski became a Colonel and Commander of the Samogitian Division in the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army.
In the Warsaw Confederation (1704) Ferdinand was a supporter of Stanisław Leszczyński and opponent of Augustus II of Saxony.
Ferdinand died c. 1719 in Šilalė, Lithuania.

Marriage and children

Ferdynand Ignacy Piłsudski married Ludwika Urszula Billewicz, and they had five children:
  1. Franciszek Piłsudski
  2. Jan Piłsudski
  3. Ludwik Piłsudski
  4. Aleksander Piłsudski
  5. Antoni Piłsudski

Manors

Ferdynand inherited Pajūralis Manor and bought Šilalė Manor from Jurgis Valavičius in 1712. Another part of Šilalė estate was given to Ferdinand by his sister, Emerencjanna. In addition, Ferdinand owned a number of estates in the Ländai and Telšiai districts.
Šilalė Manor was inherited by Ferdynand's son Ludwik Piłsudski. He in turn sold the estate to his brother, Franciszek Piłsudski.