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Wladyslaw Ostrowski
| Władysław Tomasz Ostrowski | |
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| Noble Family | Ostrowski |
| Coat of Arms | Rawicz |
| Parents | Tomasz Adam Ostrowski Apolonia Ledóchowska |
| Consorts | Klementyna Princess Sanguszko (divorced) |
| Children | ? |
| Date of Birth | March 7, 1790 |
| Place of Birth | Warsaw |
| Date of Death | November 21, 1869 |
| Place of Death | Kraków |
Wladyslaw Tomasz Ostrowski (1790-1869) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) , Count since 1798.
He was officer of the horse artillery in the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, awarder with the Virtuti Militari and Legion of Honor orders. He left the army after the Napoleon defeat. Later he tried his skills in poetry (he translated Lord Byron's poems). In December 1830 he was elected the Marshal of the Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland and served until the end of the the national November insurrection of 1830-1831. Interned by the Austrians he spent most of his life in Graz and only in 1861 was allowed to settle down in Cracow.
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