Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski

Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski (1737 – 16 June 1786) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) of the Rzewuski family, bearing the Krzywda coat of arms. He held several state offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and attained the rank of Generalmajor in the Austrian imperial army.

Life Rzewuski was born in Podhorce in 1737, the son of Grand Crown Hetman Wacław Rzewuski and Anna Lubomirska. On 13 June 1758 he married Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł (1740–1798), daughter of Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł, in Nieśwież. The Radziwiłł family was one of the wealthiest and most influential magnate families in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They had six children: Seweryn, Adam Wawrzyniec, Teofilia, Anna, Franciszka, and Karolina. Through his son Adam Wawrzyniec, Rzewuski was the grandfather of Ewelina Hańska, who married the French novelist Honoré de Balzac, and Karolina Sobańska.

He died on 16 June 1786 in Pohrebyszcze.

Career

Commonwealth offices Rzewuski was appointed Rotmistrz of a pancerny unit in 1755 and promoted to major-general of Crown forces in 1757. On 30 May 1760 he was appointed Great Chorąży of Lithuania, the officer responsible for bearing the state banner at official ceremonies, and held the position until 1781. He was also starost of Chełm from 1758 to 1769.

Austrian service Following the First Partition of Poland in 1772, which placed parts of the Commonwealth under Habsburg control, a number of Polish nobles accepted commissions in the Austrian army. On 25 October 1783, Rzewuski was promoted to Generalmajor (major-general) in the Austrian imperial army.