Benedykt Morykoni
Benedict Benjamin Morykoni (18th century) ( Puccinia Morykoni, Moriconi ) (he had his own coat of arms), (d. 1812) - a great Lithuanian writer (pisarz wielki literwski, notarius magnus Lithuaniae). In 1777, he was the chamberlain of King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1773 [1], member of parliament (sejm walny) for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a Lithuania writer, and the governor of Pinsk.
A member of the Confederation of Andrzej Mokronowski and a Member of Parliament [2]. As part of the General Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Targowica Confederation [3], he was posted in 1792 by the General Confederation as a Commissioner to the Treasury Committee of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[4] A member of the complicity in Lithuania, who were plotting the Kościuszko Uprising. Member of the Supreme Council of the Government of Lithuania . In 1786, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, and in 1777 was made a Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus.
He was son of Marcjan Morykoni and Aleksandra Tyzenhauz.
He was married to Maria Radziwiłł, sister of Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł.
References
- Cavaliers and the statutes of the Order of the White Eagle, 1705-2008, 2008
- Bartholomew Szyndler, Kosciuszko Uprising in 1794, Warsaw 1994
Footnotes
1. Officials of the central and dignitaries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania XIV-XVIII century censuses developed Lulewicz Henry and Andrew Reckoning -Alps, 1994, p 222
2. Volumina Legum, Vol VIII, St. Petersburg 1860, p 528
3. Korrespondent Warsaw Reported Posts Kraiowe s Foreign. 1792, no 40 + appendix, p 347
4. Korwin [ Kossakowski ] S. Third May and Mart, Kraków 1890, p 137