Adam Rzewuski

Adam Rzewuski
Born	1801 Pohrebyshche, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 17, 1888 Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Battles/wars	November Uprising Crimean War

Adam Rzewuski (Russian: Адам Адамович Ржевуский, tr. Adam Adamovich Rzhevuskiy; 1801 – April 17, 1888) was a Polish-Russian general. He was born in Pohrebyshche in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). He participated in wars in Poland and the Crimea. He died in Kiev.

He was a son of Count Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski (1760-1825) and his wife, Justyna Rdułtowska, Drogosław coat of arms (1775–1836). His elder brother was Henryk Rzewuski.^[1] He was married three times. In 1829 he married Princess Alexandra Petrovna Lopukhina, daughter of Pyotr Lopukhin. After her death in 1852, he married Anna Dashkova, daughter of Dmitry Dashkov, with whom he had a daughter, Katarzyna. After the death of his second wife, he married Jadwiga Jaczewska, Leliwa coat of arms (1843-1889) in 1860, with whom he had three sons: Stanisław, Adam Witold and Leon. He also had a natural son, Adam.^[1]

Awards

• Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1828
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1828
• Gold Sword for Bravery, 1831
• Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1831
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1835
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1835
• Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1841
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1847
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1852
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1859
• Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1861
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1863

References

Preceded by Illarion Illarionovich Vasilchikov

Commander of the Kiev Military District November 12–30, 1862

Succeeded by Nicholas Annenkov