Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

Coat of arms	Ślepowron
Born	1741 Šilai, Jonava
Died	April 25, 1794 (aged 52–53) Vilnius
Noble family	Kossakowski

Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (Lithuanian: Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis; 1741 in Šilai, Jonava – 1794) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Grand Hetman of Lithuania.

Biography

He participated in the Radom Confederation and the Bar Confederation. A supporter of the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising and earlier, he was deemed a traitor. In the aftermath of the Vilnius Uprising he tried to escape by boat, but was captured and hanged^[1] in the town hall square of Vilnius with the inscription of He who swings will not drown and was buried in the cellars of the church in Jonava.^[2]

References

^ "1794 08 11 Tado Kosciuškos sukilimo metu Rusijos kariuomenė užėmė Vilnių". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ Davies, Norman (1984). God's Playground: A History of Poland (2nd ed.). New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 540. ISBN 0-231-05352-5.

Lithuanian Grand Hetmans

15th century

16th century

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18th century

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16th century	Jerzy Radziwiłł Andrzej Niemirowicz Grzegorz Chodkiewicz Roman Sanguszko Krzysztof Mikołaj "Perkūnas" Radziwiłł
17th century	Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Krzysztof Radziwiłł Janusz Kiszka Janusz Radziwiłł Wincenty Gosiewski Michał Kazimierz Pac Władysław Wołłowicz Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger Jan Jacek Ogiński Józef Bogusław Słuszka
18th century	Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Ludwik Pociej Stanisław Ernest Denhoff Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł Michał Józef Massalski Aleksander Michał Sapieha Józef Sylwester Sosnowski Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Szymon Marcin Kossakowski Józef Zabiełło