Stanisà Âaw hrabia Hutten-Czapski, of Leliwa (b. 1779 in Nyasvizh, d. 1844 in KÃÂdainiai) was a Polish Count, who later became a decorated Colonel during the Napoleonic wars. He was the son of Franciszek Stanisà Âaw Hutten-Czapski, the governor of Cheà Âmno and Veronica Radziwill (1754-Unknown), sister of Prince Karol Stanisà Âaw Radziwià Âà Â.
Stanisà Âaw and his brother Karol spent their childhood at the Nesvizh Castle with their uncle Prince Karol Stanisà Âaw Radziwià Âà Â, the wealthiest magnate of Poland and Lithuania. They were then educated by Piarist Fathers in a college in Vilnius.
Stanisà Âaw Hutten-Czapski was in the Polish Legions.
In July, 1812, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Stanisà Âaw as Colonel and commander of the 22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment. With it, he partook in the beginning of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, fighting bravely in the battle of Kaidanava, for which he was awarded Virtuti Militari. During Napoleon's retreat from Russia, Stanisà Âaw fought in the battle of Berezina.
During the German Campaign of 1813, Czapski fought in the Battle of Dresden with his regiment and was awarded the French Legion of Honour for his conduct. He later fought in the Battle of Hanau in October 1813, in which his close friend Prince Dominik Hieronim Radzivil was killed.
The Tsarist authorities confiscated his Lithuanian Estates, but later Stanisà Âaw and his brother Karol were amnestied by Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and their properties in Lithuania were returned to them.
Stanisà Âaw's Lakhva estate was destroyed during the war. He received the KÃÂdainiai estate in Lithuania as part of his maternal inheritance from the Radziwills. He established himself in Swojatycze, near Minsk, and dedicated himself to agricultural activities, hunting, and purchasing and selling properties. From 1827 to 1844, the count lived in the manor house which he established by the DotnuvÃÂlàstream near KÃÂdainiai. Here he took care of agriculture, forestry and raising horses. At the end of his life, he found himself in economic difficulties. He died in 1844. After his death, his eldest son Marian inherited the estate.
In 1810 Stanisà Âaw Czapski married Sophia (1797-1866), the daughter of the Castellan of Minsk, Michaà Âa Obuchowicza (1760-1818), and had four children: Michalina, Marian, Adolf and Edward. Stanisà Âaw's brother Karol married Sophia's sister, Fabianna Obuchowicza (1787-1876).