Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski

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Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski

Noble Family

Gosiewski

Coat of Arms

Korwin

Parents

Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski

Ewa Pac

Consorts

Magdalena Konopacka

Children

Teresa Korwin Gosiewska,

Date of Birth

ca. 1620

Place of Birth

Date of Death

November 29, 1662

Place of Death

near Ostrynia

Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski (c.1620-1662) was a Polish politician and military commander, a notable member of the szlachta.

He was born some time about 1620 as Wincenty Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski to Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski, a renowned Polish diplomat and the voivod of Smolensk. Little is known of his early life. By 1646 he received the title of Master of the Pantry for Lithuania. Between November 21 and December 24 of 1650 he also served as the Marshal of the Sejm. At the same time he must have served in the Polish-Lithuanian army since in 1651 he was promoted to general of artillery.

The following year Gosiewski became the Grand Treasurer of Lithuania. At the same time he continued his military career and in 1654 he was promoted to the rank of Field Lithuanian Hetman, one of the two highest ranks in the Polish-Lithuanian armed forces. As such he took part in fights against the Cossacks during the Chmielnicki Uprising. During the Swedish invasion of 1655, known as The Deluge, Gosiewski at first submitted his forces to the Swedish king Charles X, following the politics of de facto Overlords of Lithuania, Princes Janusz Radziwill and Boguslaw Radziwill. However, afterwards he rebelled with his troops and joined the Polish forces fighting the Swedes.

With his forces he took part in the Battle of Warsaw of 1656. After the Polish defeat, he crossed the Swedish lines and operated with his forces behind the enemy lines, wreckinbg havoc in Prussia and northern Masovia. He took part in the victorious battles of Prostki,(where he defeated Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł), and Filipów [1]. After the Swedish defeat in Poland and Denmark, Gosiewski was one of the people behind preparation of the Welawa-Bydgoszcz Treaty.

After the Muscovy declared war on Poland, Gosiewski moved his forces to the area of the Grand Duchy, where he fought with distinction. However, in 1658 he was captured by the Muscovite forces and remained in their captivity until 1662.

He reassumed his earlier posts and became one of the supporters of the Polish king John II Casimir. He followed the policy of support for strong and centralized royal power called: Vivente Rege. In 1662 he was taken by the anti-royal Lithuanian confederates and shot to death on November 29 of that year.

Dynastic Genealogy has only records of one daughter, Teresa. The existence of Boguslaw Korwin Gosiewski, and Zofia, comes from a misunderstanding or from a no quoted source.

Indeed, there are two Gosiewskis nobles’ families: It seems that one of them originates from a Knight from the clan Slepowron, Lord of Gosie or Gosiewo, near Rózan. The other aristocratic family, originate from a Knight of the clan Korwin, Lord of Gosiewo, (or Gosie, or Gosie Lesnica), near Zambrow. To the last family are Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski and, of course, his son Wincenty and his daughter Zuzanna. Some sources claims that a Wicenty's cousin was the landowner of a huge estate in the Chelsty region, (near Rózan too). But it seems to be confused, if this szlachcic is really from the Korwin-Gosiewski family or from the Slepowron-Gosiewski.