Talk:Józef Antoni Poniatowski
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moved from josef poniatowski
"Josef Anton Poniatowski (1763-1813) was a nephew of the Polish King Stanislaus II. Despite his royal Polish blood he was born in Vienna and later joined the army of the Habsburg empire in 1788. He was later offered the rank of general in the Polish army and accepted the command which led to him ordering the Polish resistance against the invading Russians in 1792. During this war he gets victory in battle of Zieleńce against russian army corp under command of general Markow. He again fought the armies of Catherine the Greatand prussian army during the Polish uprising of 1794. After this he retired until being summoned by King Frederick William II of Prussia to serve as governor of Warsaw. When the French under Napoleon I arrived and drove out the three partitioning powers - Prussia, Russia and Austria - he welcomed them and entered into french imperial service in 1807. In 1808 he was appointed war minister of the newly created Duchy of Warsaw and became a reliable general in Napoleon's service. In 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition he commanded forces against the Austrians in the former Polish territory of Galicia. Before this polish forces under his command get victory in battle under Raszyn. During Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in 1812 he commanded the French V Corps which contained mainly polish regiments and fought well at the battles of Smolensk and Borodino. He was wounded in November of that year and began mobilizing new Polish forces to fight off the inevitable Russian assault. In 1813 he returned to active field command for Napoleon's campaign in Germany. He was promoted marshal at the Battle of Nations, but died during the retreat across the bridge of Lindenau whilst trying to swim across the river Elster following the bridge's destruction.
Piotr Dróżdż "Borodino 1812" Bellona Warsaw 2003 page 134- iformation about V corps and battle of Raszyn
Piotr Derdej "Zieleńce-Mir-Dubienka 1792" Warsaw Bellona 2000 page 65- information about Battle under Zieleńce
[edit] Bertel Thorvaldsen's statue
I suggest that a photo of Bertel Thorvaldsen's statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski be introduced into this article. It already graces a number of articles less directly associated with Prince Józef, and certainly belongs here. logologist|Talk 19:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
