- Piotr Ożarowski
Piotr Ożarowski (1725 - 9 May 1794 in Warsaw) was a Polish noble (
szlachcic ), politic and military commander. Member of the infamousConfederation of Targowica , he reached the offices ofGreat Crown Hetman andcastellan ofWojnice .Early supporter of king
Stanisław August Poniatowski , he disapproved of his more liberal policies and threw his lot with the pro-Russian conservative faction. From 1789 he was recruited by Russian ambassador to Poland, Otto Magnus von Stackelberg. From Stackelberg he received a yearly pension from Russia (2000ducat s). He joined the Confederation of Targowica which was opposed to the reforms of theGreat Sejm (particularly theConstitution of the 3 May ). In 1792 he became the commander of the Warsaw'sgarrison as well as of theLesser Poland division. At theGrodno Sejm he supported theSecond Partition of Poland and in 1793 he was nominated to the rank of Great Crown Hetman and commander ofWarsaw . He acted as the messenger betweenStanisław Szczęsny Potocki and king Poniatowski.In the aftermath of the 1794 Warsaw Uprising, part of
Kościuszko Uprising which was aimed against the Russian domination over Poland, he was captured by the insurrectionists, accused of treason, and sentenced tohanging by the revolutionary court; the sentence was carried out on 9 May onWarsaw Square , amidst the cheering crowds encouraged by thePolish Jacobins . Together with him, several other supporters of Targowica andRussian Empire were exectuted:Józef Ankwicz , bishop Józef Kossakowski and hetmanJózef Zabiełło .His son
Adam Ożarowski made a career in the Russian military service.References
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*PWN Encyklopedia , [http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3953035 Piotr Ożarowski]
*WIEM Encyklopedia , [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/76927,,,,ozarowski_piotr,haslo.html Piotr Ożarowski]
* [http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/kronika/dni2003/katalog.html Contains his short biography]
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