Charles-Louis Bazin, Portrait of Leon Stempowski (fragment), lithograph, 1832, in Les Polonais et les Polonaises de la révolution du 29 novembre 1830, Paris, Public domain
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Leon Stempowski

ID: OS-008644-P/164832

Leon Stempowski

First name:

Leon

Last Name:

Stempowski

Parents:

Kazimierz i Joanna z Ilnickich

Date of birth:

1794

Date of death:

1855

Age:

Biography:

Leon Stempowski (1794-1855) - Polish-born marshal of the Uszyce district, participant in the November Uprising in Podolia, emigrant from 1832, member of the committee of the Confederation of the Polish Nation, co-founder of the Society for the National Education of Polish Children, co-founder and originator of Polish mass graves in Paris. He was originally buried in the cemetery at Batignolles. In 1856, his coffin was moved to Montmartre Cemetery.