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Maurice von Hauke (1773-1830), general 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Of German and military origin, Moritz Haucke fought in Napoleon's army in Austria, Italy, Germany and the Peninsular War. However, he then switched sides to fight for the Russians. Recognising his abilities, Tsar Nicholas both appointed him Deputy Minister of War of Congress Poland and made him a Count. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Peninsular War (1808–1814) (known as War of Independence in Spain and as French Invasions in Portugal) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the Iberian Peninsula with Spanish, Portuguese, and the British forces fighting against Napoleonic French. ... The term Congress Poland is an unofficial name of the Kingdom of Poland (1815-1831), a political entity that was created out of the Duchy of Warsaw at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, when European powers reorganised Europe following the Napoleonic wars. ...


In the uprising of 1830 led by revoluntionary army cadets, the targets were Grand Duke Constantine, Poland's Governor-General, and the Count Moritz von Haucke. Grand Duke menaget to escape, but Count von Haucke was shot by the cadets on the street of Warsaw. His wife died of shock shortly afterwards, at which their children were made wards of the Emperor. The November Uprising (1830-1831) was an armed rebellion against Russias rule in Poland. ... Constantine Pavlovich Romanov (Russian: ) (the accent marks are given for pronunciation ONLY: Russian is NOT written with accents) (27 April 1779–27 June 1831), grand duke and tsesarevich of Russia, was prepared by his grandmother, Catherine the Great, to become an emperor of the would-be restored Byzantine Empire. ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ...


His daughter Julia von Hauke married Prince Alexander of Hesse. Julia von Hauke (November 12, 1825 (O.S.) = November 24, 1825 (N.S.) - September 19, 1895) was wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt (1823-1888), mother of Alexander of Bulgaria, and ancestor of the house of Mountbatten and the British royal House of Windsor. ... Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (15 July 1823 - 1888). ...


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