Karol Kniaziewicz

Karol Otto Kniaziewicz (b. May 4, 1762 in Assiten, Courland - May 9, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish general, political activist. Image File history File links Karol_Kniaziewicz. ... Image File history File links Karol_Kniaziewicz. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... coat of arms of Courland Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme, German: Kurland, Polish: Kurlandia, Latin: Curonia / Couronia) is a historical Baltic province now part of Latvia. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ...

Karol attended the Knight School in Warsaw. He participated in the Polish-Russian war of 1792 and the Kosciuszko Uprising in the rank of a Major-General in 1794. He distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars in the Polish Legions as commander of the 1st Legion. In 1799 he was appointed to the position of a Brigadier General. From 1799 until 1801 he organized and commanded the "Danube Legions" (Legia Naddunajska), he distinguished himself during the Battle of Hohenlinden. Szkoła Rycerska Szkoła Rycerska Full name: Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów (English :Knight School) was the first state school in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth established in 1765 in Warsaw, by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... This conflict took place in 1792 between Poland and her ally the Kingdom of Prussia, on one side, and the Russian Empire on the other. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Kościuszko Uprising took place in Poland in 1794. ... Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: • Great Britain/United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Sweden, • Russia, • and Others • France • Denmark-Norway • Poland Casualties Full list The Napoleonic Wars consisted of a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... Polish Legions (Polish Legiony Polskie) was the name of Polish armed forces created in August of 1914 in Galicia. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... The Battle of Hohenlinden near Munich was fought on December 3, 1800, during the French victory under General Moreau against the Austrians under Archduke Karl, forcing him to sign an armistice. ...

Since 1812 Brigadier General in the Duchy of Warsaw. He participated in the Russian Campaign of 1812. In 1814 he left Poland for France. During the November Uprising in 1830-1831 he served as representative of the "Polish National Government" in Paris. In emigration Karol was politically tied with the "Hotel Lambert" and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. He was co-founder of the Polish library in Paris. 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location Official languages Polish Established church Roman Catholic Capital Warsaw Largest City Warsaw Head of state Duke of Warsaw Area about 155,000 km² Population about 4,3 million Existed 1806–1814 The Duchy of Warsaw (Polish: KsiÄ™stwo Warszawskie, Latin: Ducatus Varsoviae, French: Duche de Varsovie) was a Polish... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Hôtel Lambert is a palace on Île Saint-Louis in Paris and the name of a Polish political fraction. ... Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, in English: Adam George Czartoryski (January 14, 1770 — July 15, 1861), Polish szlachcic, statesman and author, son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming (it is rumoured he was a fruit of her liaison with Russian ambassador to Poland Nikolai Repnin[1]). He was known...

Awards

• Virtuti Militari
• Légion d'honneur