BENYOW`SKY, COUNT

BENYOW`SKY, COUNT
   a Hungarian, fought with the Poles against Russia; taken prisoner; was exiled to Kamchatka; escaped with the governor's daughter; came to France; sent out to Madagascar; was elected king by the natives over them; fell in battle against the French (1741-1786).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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