Count Ludvik Vodzitsky, ( Polish. Ludwik Wodzicki ( August 19, 1834 , Krakow - August 11, 1894 , Ostend ) - Polish and Austro-Hungarian public figure, conservative politician , imperial secret adviser , member of the Reichsrat (parliament) of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ( Cisleytania ) (1867–1877), ambassador (deputy) (1865–1894) and chairman of the Galician Territory Seimas (1877–1880).
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| Birth | August 19, 1834 Krakow , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austrian Empire | ||||||
| Death | August 11, 1894 (59 years old) Ostend | ||||||
| Rod | Vodzitsky | ||||||
| Father | Alexander Vodzitsky | ||||||
| Spouse | Jadwiga Zamoyskaya | ||||||
| Children | Isabella, Sofia | ||||||
Biography
The representative of the count family Vodzitsky . The son of Count Alexander Vodzitsky (1810-1853), a participant in the November 1830 uprising . Large Galician landowner . He belonged to Tychyn near Rzeszow .
He studied at the universities of Krakow, Paris and Vienna. From his student years he participated in the activities of Polish patriotic circles. Since 1860, he maintained contact with the conservative top of Polish emigration and the political headquarters and cultural center of the Polish émigré diaspora in France , led by Adam Jerzy Chartoryski ( Hotel Lambert ).
In 1863 he participated in the January Polish uprising . After the suppression of the rebellion, pursued by the Austrian authorities, emigrated to England. A year later he returned to his homeland.
was elected deputy. In 1867-1877, he was a member of the Reichsrat in Vienna. In December 1877, the emperor appointed him for life a member of the House of Lords of Parliament .
In 1877, L. Vodzitsky was appointed Speaker of the Galician Regional Seym , he served in this position until December 1880.
After he became Governor General of the newly created Crown Bank Landesbank .
Supporter of cooperation with Austria and an opponent of further armed struggle for the independence of Poland.
He is the author of a number of political and journalistic articles published in 1869 in the Przegląd Polski monthly under the pseudonym Teka Stańczyka .
He died in a train in Ostend during a trip to Paris. Buried in Tychyna .