Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

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Szymon Marcin Kossakowski
Noble Family	Kossakowski
Coat of Arms	Ślepowron
Parents	?
Consorts	?
Children	?
Date of Birth	1741
Place of Birth	Šilai, near Jonava
Date of Death	April 25, 1794
Place of Death	Vilnius

Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (Lithuanian: Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis) (1741-1794) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Great Hetman of Lithuania.

He participated in the Radom Confederation and the Bar Confederation. A supporter of the Russian Empire during the Kosciuszko Uprising and earlier, he was deemed a traitor. In the aftermath of the Wilno Uprising he tried to escape by boat, but was captured and hanged in the town hall square of Vilnius with the inscription of He who swings will not drown^[1] and was interred in the cellars of the church in Jonava.

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1. ^ Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland, Columbia University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-231-05351-7 Google Prin, p.540

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