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| '''Antoni Dunin''' (1907-1939) was a ] noble (]), a '']'' (]), and an army officer who received the prestigious ] award.<ref |
'''Antoni Dunin''' (1907-1939) was a ] noble (]), a '']'' (]), and an army officer who received the prestigious ] award. <ref> (sirnames starting with 'D')</ref> | ||
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| ]Antoni was born on ], ], the youngest child of Lucia (Łucja) ] (1862-1917) and her second husband Count ] (1870-1928). He grew up at the ] estate near ], the youngest of ten children. He had six older siblings by his mother's first marriage to Stanisław Niezychowski, and two sisters and one brother via his own father Rodryg.<ref name="familytree">{{cite web | last = Dunin | first =Elonka | authorlink=Elonka Dunin | title = Antoni Dunin (Hr.) | date = ], 2005 | url = http://www.elonka.com/public/genealogy/html/d0002/g0000078.html#I7 | accessdate = 2007-10-13}}</ref> When Antoni was 13, his elder brother Stanisław died in combat, and was then immortalized in the patriotic 1922 painting ''The Death of Lieutenant Stanisław Dunin'' (Polish: ''Śmierć Porucznika Stanisława Dunina'') by noted artist ].<ref name="dunin_paintings">{{cite web | last = Dunin | first =Elonka | authorlink=Elonka Dunin | title = Dunin Family Paintings | date = ], 2005 | url = http://www.elonka.com/public/familytree/paintings.html | accessdate = 2007-10-13}}</ref> The ] family crest is the ] (swan). | |||
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| On ], ], Antoni married Zofia Helena Werner (1910-1939), daughter of Poland's vice-Finance Minister ], and great-niece of the man who would become Saint ]. They had three children: Krystyna, ] (Stanisław, named after Antoni's older brother), and Magda (Magdelena).<ref name="familytree"/> <!-- children are still living as of 2006, so their birth years and full names are not being included --> | |||
| * maintained by Antoni's granddaughter | |||
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| Antoni was killed in combat at the age of 32 on ], ]. His wife Zofia was also killed the next day, at the age of 29.<ref name="familytree"/> Their three orphaned children survived by being shuffled from house to house during the war, until finally taking up residence at the estate of ]. He was a Polish nobleman, ] to ] and head of the Polish Order of the ]). Jan Czarnowski was married to Zofia's aunt Helena (Lunia) ]. The descendants of Antoni Dunin were eventually able to escape Poland to ] and finally to the ] in the 1940s.<ref name="detroit_times">{{cite news | last = | first = | title =Engagement of Countess Revealed | work = Detroit Times | date = ], 1957}}</ref> | |||
| * "Engagement of Countess Revealed", ''Detroit Times'', April 23, 1957 - about Dunin's daughter Christine Dunin Zika | |||
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Revision as of 03:38, 14 August 2007
Antoni Dunin (1907-1939) was a Polish noble (szlachta), a Hrabia (Count), and an army officer who received the prestigious Virtuti Militari award.
See also
References
- Recipients of the Virtuti Militari (sirnames starting with 'D')
External links
- Family tree maintained by Antoni's granddaughter
- Unidentified paintings recovered from the Bogusławice estate
- "Engagement of Countess Revealed", Detroit Times, April 23, 1957 - about Dunin's daughter Christine Dunin Zika