Tytus Woyciechowski

Tytus Sylwester Woyciechowski (31 December 1808 – 23 March 1879) was a Polish political activist, agriculturalist, and patron of art.

Woyciechowski wrote on the front page of the Variations "J'accepte avec plaisir" ("I accept with pleasure").

I remember that crossbow, with which you really wore me out - for all my sins.Many biographers believe that Woyciechowski acted as a confidant for Chopin during an alleged infatuation with the singer Konstancja Gładkowska.

I have to pay you back for the nasty dream you brought me last night.Woyciechowski accompanied Chopin in his 1830 journey to Austria but, on learning of the November 1830 Uprising, returned to Warsaw to take part in the fighting.

[7] In 1838, Woyciechowski married Countess Aloysia Poletylo, by whom he had four children – their second son being named Fryderyk, after Chopin.

[14] Woyciechowski dedicated himself to agriculture, pioneered the introduction of crop rotation in Poland, and in 1847 founded one of the first sugar factories in the country.

Tytus Woyciechowski, c. 1875
Memorial to Chopin's visit to Poturzyn