Senitsky, Christoph Casimir

The third son of Vespasian Senitsky, representative of the gentry coat of arms Bonch (coat of arms) .

He studied at the Konigsberg and Leiden universities.

After the election of King Augustus II (1697), he was surrounded by the new king, in 1700 the Novgorod-Seversky khorunzhim was appointed and, possibly, participated in the battle of Olkeniky against Sapieha under the command of M. Vishnevetsky .

In 1702 he participated in the siege of Bykhov , after the capture of the fortress he was appointed coughtan of the new garrison of the fortress, he also became the administrator of Bykhov County.

Since 1703 - Major General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and commander of the infantry regiment, he soon received the position of Great Lithuanian swordsman . In 1704, he participated in the creation of the Sandomierz Confederation in support of Augustus II, acted against the Swedes and his allies in Courland, Zemaitiya and Poland, participated in the battle of Shkudy , and received the meritor Checherskoye for his services.

In 1705, he signed a manifesto against the accession to the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanislav Leshchinsky , in 1706 he fought under the command of M. Vishnevetsky and Russian General A.D. Menshikov near Prague (on the outskirts of Warsaw ). In September 1706 he was appointed general of Lithuanian artillery and regimentary of the Belarusian division .

The abdication of Augustus II from the crown and his recognition of the power of Stanislav Leshchinsky for the Altranstedt peace on September 24, 1706 forced some of the gentry (including M. Vishnevetsky and K. Senitsky) to recognize the power of the new king, who acted on the side of Charles XII against Russia.

On February 3, 1707, K. Senitsky was recognized by Stanislav Leshchinsky as a general of artillery, but was deprived of the post of Great Lithuanian swordsman.

In the campaign of 1707 in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, K. Senitsky acted against the Russian army, managed to capture a Russian convoy from Smolensk with money intended for G. Oginsky and bribing supporters of M. Vishnevetsky. Being attacked by Russian cavalry, he took refuge in Bykhov. G. Oginsky, who joined the Bykhov siege by the Russian army, inclined the garrison to an honorable surrender. However, Peter I did not recognize the terms of surrender and ordered the arrest of K. Senitsky along with his brother Ludwik .

First he was taken to Smolensk , then to Moscow, then exiled to Siberia (to Tobolsk , then to Yakutsk ), died on the way, possibly from scurvy.

• Vyalikae of the Principality of Lіtouskae. Enceclapedia. Volume 2. Minsk 2006.