Franciszek Ksawery Matejko

Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (Czech: František Xaver Matějka) (1789 or 13 January 1793 in Roudnice – 26 October 1860 in Kraków) was a Czech musician, father of Polish painter Jan Matejko.

Franciszek Ksawery Matejko
Noble Family	Matejko
Coat of Arms	probably Bocian
Parents	Josef Matějka Magdalena Knava (OR František Josef Matějka Mariana Dolanská)
Consorts	Joanna Karolina Rossberg
Children	with Joanna Karolina Rossberg Franciszek Edward Edmund Marcin Zygmunt Hilary Emilia Łucja Alojzy (Adolf) Franciszek Józef Eustachy Karol Franciszek Marianna Waleria Jan Alojzy Kazimierz Wilhelm Bolesław Wilhelm
Date of Birth	1789 or 13 January 1793
Place of Birth	Roudnice, Habsburg monarchy
Date of Death	26 October 1860
Place of Death	Kraków, Poland

He was probably the son of farmer Josef Matějka and peasant woman Magdalena Knava from Roudnice, then in Kingdom of Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy, but other sources gave him other parents: organist František Josef Matějka and Mariana Dolanská.

After his mother's death he lived in Olomouc with his uncle canon Urbánek. He learned music in Hradec Králové. After that he went to Poland and became a music teacher.

On 22 November 1826 he married Joanna Karolina Rossberg, daughter of nobleman Jan Piotr Rossberg and his wife Anna Marianna Tusz.

Franciszek and his wife had eleven children:

• Franciszek Edward
• Edmund Marcin
• Zygmunt Hilary
• Emilia Łucja
• Alojzy (Adolf) Franciszek
• Józef Eustachy
• Karol Franciszek
• Maria Waleria
• Jan Alojzy
• Kazimierz Wilhelm
• Bolesław Wilhelm.

Sources

• Maria Szypowska Jan Matejko wszystkim znany, Dom Słowa Polskiego, Warszawa 1988