Coat of arms of Count Colonna-Walewski

Aleksander Colonna-Walewski

Maria Walewska; portrait by
François Gérard

Michał Walewski; portrait by
Józef Pitschmann (1788)

The Walewski family (plural: Walewscy, feminine form: Walewska) was an influential Polish noble family which originated from Walewice in Łęczyca Land, firstly mentioned in 1382.

History

The family issued 15 senators in the First Polish Republic (1574-1795), one senator of the Polish Kingdom (1819-1831), 4 Knights of the Order of the White Eagle, 4 Knights of the Order of Virtuti Militari in the Napoleonic era and 2 during the November Uprising 1830–31, 1 Knight of Malta and 3 canonesses of Warsaw.

Notable members

• Aleksander Colonna-Walewski (1778-1845), senator
• Aleksander Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868), Polish and French politician, Illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I
• Marcin Walewski (died 1761), podkomorzy of Sieradz
• Maria Walewska, mistress of Emperor Napoleon. In her later years she married count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano.
• Michał Walewski (1735-1806), Voivode of Sieradz
• Władysław Walewski, co-author of the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
• Wincenty Colonna Walewski, (1841-1896), Count, veteran of the January Uprising
• Bogumił Gabriel Walewski, cześnik of Sieradz in 1793 roku, member of the Great Sejm

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the family was Pierzchała.

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  Pierzchała (Kolumna)

Residences

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  Palace in Walewice

References

• Konarski Szymon, Armorial de la noblesse titree polonaise, Paris 1958, s. 336–338.
• Lenczewski Tomasz, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. 1, Warszawa 1996–1997, s. 207–212.
• "Szlachta wylegitymowana w Królestwie Polskim w latach 1836-1861". www.szlachta.org.
• Teodor Żychliński: Złota księga szlachty polskiej. T. 5. Poznań: 1883, s. 378.