Wincenty Danilewicz

Wincenty Danilewicz was a Chevau-léger in the Napoleonic campaign, secretary of Chancellery of Senat in Congress Poland, chief archivist of heraldric administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw.

Biography

Wincenty Danilewicz was born in 1787 in Minsk, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a member of the Ostoja Danielewicz family and served as a Chevau-léger in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour and Saint Helena Medal. He took part in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, where he was wounded.
In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancellery of Senat in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldry administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844.
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, that in Wincenty testament thirty volumes of his memoirs were also mentioned.
Wincenty was married to Franciszka and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna who married Rajmund Masłowski. Together, they had a son Stanisław Masłowski, outstanding Polish painter. Masłowski family belonged to Clan Samson that used Samson Coat of Arms. He died 23 March 1878
He died on 23 March 1878 in Jędrzejów, Russian Empire.