Education
He was educated in Poland and from 1840 in Göttingen and Paris.
He was educated in Poland and from 1840 in Göttingen and Paris.
Włodzimierz became the first Ordynat of the Poturzyca estate. He was owner of the Poturzyca, Zarzecze, Kramarzowka, Markpol, Lachowice, Dobraczyn, Medowa, Jaryszow, Konarzewo, Gluszyn, Wiry and Szczytnik estates. He was one of the first Polish magnates to replace serfdom on his estates.
In 1846 Wlodzimierz returned to Poland.
He supported publishing houses, spent money for scientific works and school books In 1863 he partly financed and participated in the civil organisation of the January Uprising.
In 1855 he founded the Dzieduszycki Museum in LwóWest The Museum included a rich natural collection, mainly ornithology, ethnography and numismatic objects and a large collection of books
Wlodzimierz became a member the Sejm in 1865, 1874, and from 1895 until 1899 and served as Sejm Marshal from March 7 until April 26, 1876.
He was author of several scientific works (nature and ethnography), and from 1894 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Lwów University. Włodzimierz married countess Alfonsyna Miączyńska on 19 September 1853 in Lwów and had four children:
Countess Klementyna Dzieduszycka
Countess Anna Dzieduszycka
Countess Maria Dzieduszycka
Countess Jadwiga Dzieduszycka, was married to Prince Witold Leon Czartoryski.
During the Spring of Nations in 1848, he became a member of the "Council of the Nation of Lwow" (Centralna Rada Narodowa Lwowska) and pro-Polish organisation Ruski (Ruskyi) Sobor. He was also a member of the "Economic Society of Galicia". In 1881 Wlodzimierz became a member of the Polish Academy of Skills.
He was also a member of the Herrenhaus from 1874.