Dominik Dziewanowski
Dominik Dziewanowski (Płonne, 1759–1827, Płonne) was a Polish military officer, a general in the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. Life. Family. Dominik Dziewanowski came from a formerly Mazowsze family. His father was the Castellan of Chełmno, Juliusz Dziewanowski, and his mother was Ludwika, "née" Pawłowska. Military career. Dominik Dziewanowski served in the Prussian Army, then in the Polish Army, where he was adjutant to Prince Stanisław Poniatowski. In the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising, he fought at Rypin and . After the suppression of the Kościuszko Uprising, he settled on his country estate but nevertheless maintained contact with the Polish  Legions and supported them financially. In 1806, he formed the and joined the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. At the head of his regiment he fought in Napoleonic campaigns: in 1807, in Pomerania, at Tczew and Gdańsk, and in 1809 at Sandomierz. During the second campaign, he also took Lublin and took part in the capture of Zamość. In 1810, he was promoted brigadier general and appointed military commandant of the Łomża Department. He did not assume the Łomża Department post, as he went on sick leave, which he spent in Teplitz and Karlsbad. In 1810–12, he was military  commandant of the Lublin Department; and in 1812, of the Radom Department. In Napoleon's 1812 Russian Campaign, he commanded the 28th Light Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division (4th Cavalry Reserve Corps) and fought at Mir and Romanov. During the defense of Barysaw in Belarus he was seriously wounded and was taken prisoner by the Russians. In 1814, he settled back in his rural estate, where he spent the rest of his life. Military historian writes of Dziewanowski: Writings. Dziewanowski translated a number of French military writings into Polish, wrote an interesting memoir, and left a manuscript work  on the Polish cavalry. Chopin's host. In 1824 and 1825, at Szafarnia, Dziewanowski was the summer-vacation host of his son's schoolmate, Fryderyk Chopin. It was here that Chopin, for the first time, encountered Polish rural folk music.