Wincenty Danilewicz (1787 â 23 March 1878) was a Chevau-léger in the Napoleonic campaign, secretary of Chancellery of Senat in Congress Poland, chief archivist of heraldric administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw.
Wincenty Danilewicz was born in 1787 in Minsk, PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth. He was a member of the Ostoja Danielewicz family and served as a Chevau-léger in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour and Saint Helena Medal. He took part (among others) in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (20âÂÂ21 March 1814), where he was wounded.
In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancellery of Senat in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldry administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844.
Later in his life, Wincenty Danilewicz moved to JÃÂdrzejów. Afterwards he ran the literary production i.e.: three tragedies and the opera buffa. His great-grandson Maciej Masà Âowski wrote (1957), that in Wincenty testament (1859) thirty volumes of his memoirs were also mentioned.
Wincenty was married to Franciszka (born Grunwald, â 4 January 1842) and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna (1827-1881) who married Rajmund Masà Âowski (lawyer). Together, they had a son Stanisà Âaw Masà Âowski, outstanding Polish painter. Masà Âowski family belonged to Clan Samson that used Samson Coat of Arms. He died 23 March 1878 (aged 90)
He died on 23 March 1878 in JÃÂdrzejów, Russian Empire.