Kazimir Rzhevusky ( 1750 - July 7, 1820 , Lviv ) - statesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , full Crown Clerk ( 1774 - 1792 ), chief of the 5th Crown Infantry Regiment ( 1792 ), headman Zhydachiv , Užeduvsky and Terebovl . Famous Polish Freemason and Knight of the Order of Malta .
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 Casimir Rzhevusky | |||||||
 Coat of arms " Kshivda " | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Frantisek Rzhevuski | ||||||
| Birth | 1750 | ||||||
| Death | July 7, 1820 Lviv , Austrian Empire | ||||||
| Kind | Rzhevusky | ||||||
| Father | Mikhail Jozef Rzhevusky | ||||||
| Mother | Francis Zetner | ||||||
| Spouse | Ludwika Pelageya Pototskaya | ||||||
| Children | Ludwika Lyantskoronskaya | ||||||
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Biography
Representative of the Polish magnate family of the Rzhevus coat of arms “ Kshivda ”. The youngest son of the governor of Podlaski and Podolsk, Mikhail Jozef Rzhevuski ( 1699 - 1769 ), from his second marriage with Francis Zetner.
In 1774 - 1792, Kazimir Rzhevusky held the position of full crown Clerk . In 1776, a member of the confederation under the leadership of the Diet Marshal Andrzej Mokronovsky . In the same year he was elected ambassador to the Sejm from the Helm land. He was also the headman of Zhydachiv , Uzhevuv and Terebovl . In 1782 - 1784 he was a member of the Permanent Council . In 1790 he received the rank of lieutenant general .
He was elected ambassador (deputy) from the Podolsk Voivodeship to the Four-year Seym (1788-1792), in 1792 he was appointed chief of the 5th Crown Infantry Regiment . In 1817 he was elected commissar of the Galician Sejm.
At the end of his life, April 21, 1819 , received the count title of the Austrian Empire .
Cavalier of the Order of St. Stanislav ( 1775 ) and the Order of the White Eagle .
Family
In 1775 he married Ludwik Pelageya Potocka (c. 1758 - 1783 ), daughter of the governor of Volyn and Kiev Frantisek Saleziy Potocki (c. 1720 - 1772 ) and Anna Potocka (d. 1772 ). Children:
- Ludwika Rzhevuska (d. 1839 ), wife since 1793 of Count Anthony Jozef Lyantskoronsky ( 1761 - 1830 ).