Wojciech Grzymała

Apr 23, 1793 - Dec 16, 1871

Wojciech Grzymała, also known as Albert Grzymala or Albert Grzymała, was a Polish soldier, politician, and banker who was a close associate in Paris of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.
Grzymała was born in Dunajowce in the Duchy of Warsaw. He began attending military school in 1807, and took part in the Battle of Borodino, for which he received the medal Virtuti Militari. A freemason, and active in Polish politics during the 1820s, he was a principal orator at the funeral of Stanisław Staszic. In 1828-1829, he was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg for his association with the Polish Towarzystwo Patriotyczne. As a director of the first Bank of Poland, he negotiated in London and Paris for financial and other support for Poland after the 1830 November Uprising.
Grzymała remained in Paris and became a society figure. He often acted as Chopin's adviser and "gradually began to fill the role of elder brother in [his] life."
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