Tadeusz Rejtan | |
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 Tadeusz Rejtan, anonymous painting | |
| Coat of arms | Rejtan |
| Born | 20 August 1742 Hruszówka |
| Died | 8 August 1780 (aged 37) Hruszówka |
| Noble family | Rejtan (Reytan) |
| Father | Dominik Rejtan |
| Mother | Teresa Wołodkowicz |
Tadeusz Reytan (surname also alternatively spelled as Rejtan, and rarely Reyten; Belarusian: Тадэвуш Рэйтан; Lithuanian: Tadas Reitanas;[1] 20 August 1742 – 8 August 1780) was a nobleman from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a member of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the Nowogródek Voivodeship. Reytan is remembered for a dramatic gesture he made in September 1773, as a deputy of the Partition Sejm. There, Reytan tried to prevent the legalization of the first partition of Poland, a scene that has been immortalized in the painting Rejtan by Jan Matejko. He has been the subject of many other art works, and is a symbol of patriotism in Lithuania, Belarus and Poland.[1] Despite his efforts, the partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was legalized soon afterwards.