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Józef Poniatowski
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nephew of King of Poland Stanislaus II; Marshal of France (1763-1813)
Key facts
- Nickname
- The Polish Bayard
- Born
- Józef Antoni Poniatowski , ( 1763-05-07 ) 7 May 1763, Palais Kinsky , Vienna , Habsburg Monarchy
- Died
- 19 October 1813 (1813-10-19) (aged 50), White Elster River , Kingdom of Saxony
- Allegiance
- Habsburg monarchy , Poland–Lithuania , France , Duchy of Warsaw
- Service years
- 1780–1813
- Rank
- Marshal of the Empire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Father
- Andrzej Poniatowski
- Sibling
- Maria Teresa Poniatowska
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Native language
- Polish
- Family
- House of Poniatowski
- Conflict
- Battle of Leipzig
- Military branch
- infantry
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Empire
- Image
- Prince Jozef Poniatowski, by Josef Grassi.jpg
- Coat of arms
- Ciołek
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- place of burial
- St. Leonard's Crypt
- Commons category
- Józef Antoni Poniatowski
- date of birth
- 1763-05-07
- date of death
- 1813-10-19
- Commons gallery
- Józef Antoni Poniatowski
- manner of death
- accidental death
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- VIII Corps
- name in native language
- Józef Antoni Poniatowski
- cause of death
- drowning
- allegiance
- First French Empire
- start of work period
- 1787-00-00
- P6482
- Józef Poniatowski
- archives at
- Defence Historical Service
- end of work period
- 1813-01-01
- member of
- Freemasonry
- depicted by
- Constitution of May 3, 1791
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Encyclopedic overview
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzɛf anˈtɔɲi pɔɲaˈtɔfskʲi]; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
A nephew of Stanisław II August, Poniatowski began his military career in 1780 in the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor, where he attained the rank of colonel. In 1789, after leaving the Imperial Army, he joined the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army at the request of his uncle. Poniatowski, now at the rank of major general and commander of the Royal Guards, took part in the Polish–Russian War of 1792, leading the Polish army to victory at the Battle of Zieleńce. After the king's support for the Targowica Confederation of 1792, Poniatowski felt compelled to resign. In 1794 he participated in the Kościuszko Uprising against Russia and oversaw the unsuccessful defence of Warsaw, for which Russian authorities exiled him from Poland until 1798.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Józef Poniatowski” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.