Tytus Działyński

Count Tytus Adam Działyński

Count Tytus Adam Działyński (1796–1861, son of Ksawery, father to Jan Kanty) was a Polish nobleman, political activist and protector of arts and a Prussian politician.

Biography

Tytus was born into the rich and influential Polish noble House of Działyński, as the son of Count Ksawery Działyński (1756-1819) and his wife, Countess Justyna Dzieduszycka (1764-1844). He was a publisher of historical sources important for the Polish history, founder of Kórnik Library (Biblioteka Kórnicka), co-founder of Poznań Industrial Society (Towarzystwo Przemysłowe w Poznaniu), the Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk) and the president of the latter since 1858. He was also a participant of the November Uprising (1830/31) and Spring of Nations (1848). He was also a member of provincial parliament of the Grand Duchy of Poznan (1841-1846) and of the Prussian House of Representatives (1851-1853, 1858-1861). He was married to Countess Celestyna Gryzelda Zamoyska (1804-1883) and had six children, one son and five daughters.

Death

Count Tytus Adam Działyński died in Poznań, on 12 April 1861, at the age of 63. His body was transferred and buried in Kórnik Castle, Kórnik, Poland.

Publications

• The Lithianian Statute (Statut litewski, 1841)
• Źródłopisma do dziejów unii Korony Polskiej i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego (1856–61) Sources to the history of union of the Crown of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Acta Tomiciana (vol. 1–8, 1852–60).

References

• Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914, Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego, vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989