WacÅ‚aw Piotr Rzewuski (1706â€"1779) was a Polish dramatist and poet
as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. As a notable
nobleman and magnate, Rzewuski held a number of important posts in the
administration of the Polishâ€"Lithuanian Commonwealth.He was a Field
Clerk of the Crown since 1732, voivode of Podole Voivodship between
1736 and 1762 (with a gap between 1750 and 1756). In 1735 he received
the prestigious Order of the White Eagle. A brave soldier, since 1752
he held the rank of Field Hetman of the Crown. A Castellan of several
notable towns, he was an important politician at the Royal Court in
Warsaw and was one of the main supporters of the liberum veto during
the Diet of 1764, when he became known for his dispute with Szymon
Konarski. During the Diet of 1767 (Repnin Sejm) he opposed Prince
Nikolai Repnin's - Russia's ambassador to the Commonwealth -
interfering in Poland's domestic affairs. In response, he was
kidnapped along with his son Seweryn and two other prominent Polish
politicians by Russian agents and imprisoned in Kaluga. Upon his
release in April 1773 he was promoted for his merits to the rank of
Grand Crown Hetman, but resigned the post in November of that
year.Since 1778 he was the Castellan of Kraków and the Voivode of
Kraków Voivodship. At the end of his life he was also the Starost of
Chełm, Ułany, Romanów, Dolina, Drohobycz and Kruszwica.As a writer,
Rzewuski authored a number of classicist comedies (including the 1759
play Natręt) and several historical tragedies, including a biography
of Stanisław Żółkiewski (1758). He also published a number of
poems and a poetic handbook On the Science of Poetry (1762). All of
his works were published in 1962.
as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. As a notable
nobleman and magnate, Rzewuski held a number of important posts in the
administration of the Polishâ€"Lithuanian Commonwealth.He was a Field
Clerk of the Crown since 1732, voivode of Podole Voivodship between
1736 and 1762 (with a gap between 1750 and 1756). In 1735 he received
the prestigious Order of the White Eagle. A brave soldier, since 1752
he held the rank of Field Hetman of the Crown. A Castellan of several
notable towns, he was an important politician at the Royal Court in
Warsaw and was one of the main supporters of the liberum veto during
the Diet of 1764, when he became known for his dispute with Szymon
Konarski. During the Diet of 1767 (Repnin Sejm) he opposed Prince
Nikolai Repnin's - Russia's ambassador to the Commonwealth -
interfering in Poland's domestic affairs. In response, he was
kidnapped along with his son Seweryn and two other prominent Polish
politicians by Russian agents and imprisoned in Kaluga. Upon his
release in April 1773 he was promoted for his merits to the rank of
Grand Crown Hetman, but resigned the post in November of that
year.Since 1778 he was the Castellan of Kraków and the Voivode of
Kraków Voivodship. At the end of his life he was also the Starost of
Chełm, Ułany, Romanów, Dolina, Drohobycz and Kruszwica.As a writer,
Rzewuski authored a number of classicist comedies (including the 1759
play Natręt) and several historical tragedies, including a biography
of Stanisław Żółkiewski (1758). He also published a number of
poems and a poetic handbook On the Science of Poetry (1762). All of
his works were published in 1962.
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