Fryderyk Józef Jan Kanty Moszyà Âski (1738 in Dresden – 21 January 1817 in Kiev) of Naà ÂÃÂcz coat of arms was a noble (szlachcic) in the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth. He held the offices of Lithuanian Referendary, Lithuanian Grand Secretary and Crown Grand Marshal.
Fryderyk Józef Moszyà Âski was a son of Jan Kanty Moszyà Âski, Grand Treasurer of the Crown (podskarbi wielki koronny), and Fryderyka Augusta, an illegitimate daughter of Augustus II the Strong, king of Poland, and his mistress Countess of Cosel. He was posthumus (his father died on 15 September 1737). He had an older brother, August Fryderyk Moszyà Âski.
Fryderyk Józef Moszyà Âski was born in Dresden. He was baptised on 14 March 1738. Fryderyk Józef Moszyà Âski spent his childhood in Dresden under the tutelage of Heinrich von Brühl. He was well educated. Moszyà Âski knew a few languages. He was also interested in maths. In 1766âÂÂ68 he was the member of Crown Treasury Commission, and from 1768 a vice-commander of the Cadet Corps, a function he performed well, even donating some of his funds to the Szkoà Âa Rycerska. However, in 1792 he joined the Targowica Confederation, whose actions resulted in the fall of the Constitution of 3 May and the Second Partition of Poland. In 1793 he was a member of commission investigating a banking crisis in the Commonwealth, and the member of the Permanent Council in charge of police. In the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising during the Koà Âciuszko Uprising, he was imprisoned by the Polish revolutionaries. On 28 June 1794 an angry mob stormed the prison with the intention of hanging many of the people considered traitors; Moszyà Âski was saved by the intervention of Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski, although many others â like bishop Ignacy Jakub Massalski or prince Antoni Stanisà Âaw Czetwertyà Âski-à Âwiatopeà Âk â were hanged that day.