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Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (Lithuanian: Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis; 1741 in Šilai, Jonava – 1794) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Grand Hetman of Lithuania.

Biography

He participated in the Radom Confederation and the Bar Confederation. A supporter of the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising and earlier, he was deemed a traitor. In the aftermath of the Vilnius Uprising he was captured and hanged in the town hall square of Vilnius with the inscription of He who swings will not drown and was buried in the cellars of the church in Jonava.

v t e Lithuanian Grand Hetmans
15th century	Petras Jonaitis Mantigirdaitis Konstanty Ostrogski
16th century	Semyon Olshanski Stanislovas Kęsgaila Stanisław Kiszka Konstanty Ostrogski Jerzy Radziwiłł Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł Hrehory Chodkiewicz Krzysztof Radziwiłł
17th century	Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Lew Sapieha Krzysztof Radziwiłł Janusz Kiszka Janusz Radziwiłł Paweł Jan Sapieha Michał Kazimierz Pac Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Kazimierz Jan Sapieha
18th century	Jan Kazimierz Sapieha Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Ludwik Pociej Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Michał Radziwiłł Michał Józef Massalski Michał Kazimierz Ogiński Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

v t e Lithuanian Field Hetmans
16th century	Jerzy Radziwiłł Andrzej Niemirowicz Grzegorz Chodkiewicz Roman Sanguszko Krzysztof Mikołaj "Perkūnas" Radziwiłł
17th century	Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Krzysztof Radziwiłł Janusz Kiszka Janusz Radziwiłł Wincenty Gosiewski Michał Kazimierz Pac Władysław Wołłowicz Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger Jan Jacek Ogiński Józef Bogusław Słuszka
18th century	Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Ludwik Pociej Stanisław Ernest Denhoff Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł Michał Józef Massalski Aleksander Michał Sapieha Józef Sylwester Sosnowski Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Szymon Marcin Kossakowski Józef Zabiełło

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