Wojciech Chrzanowski

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Wojciech Chrzanowski
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Wojciech Chrzanowski during the battle of Novara, 1849.
Born (1793-01-14)14 January 1793
Gmina Biskupice, Poland
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Paris, France
Buried
Allegiance Flag of the Duchy of Warsaw.svg Duchy of Warsaw
Military ensign of Vistula Flotilla of Congress Poland.svg Congress Poland
 Kingdom of Sardinia
Service/branch Warsaw Amy
Congress Army
Sardinian Army
Years of service 1810–1849
Rank Second lieutenant
IRA F5Col 1917 h.png Colonel
GeneraleREI-1870.jpg General
Battles/wars Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) November Uprising (1830–1831)

Italian "Royal War" (1848–1849)

Awards POL Virtuti Militari Kawalerski BAR.svg Virtuti Militari
Other work Writer, cartographer

Wojciech Chrzanowski (14 January 1793– 26 February 1861) was a Polish general who participated in Napoleon's Russian campaign and in the battles of Leipzig, Paris, and Waterloo. After Napoleon's final defeat he served in the national army of Poland, and served in the Imperial Russian Army under Hans Karl von Diebitsch in the Ottoman Empire in 1828/29. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari.

Chrzanowski was born on January 14, 1793 in Biskupice. He was made Governor of Warsaw in 1831. He was suspected of being untrustworthy in his conduct with the Russians and was shunned by many of the people, emigrating to Paris at the end of 1831 . Charles Albert (Carlo Alberto), King of Sardinia, chose Chrzanowski, who then served as commander in chief of the Sardinian forces in 1849. He and Girolamo Ramorino were accused of treachery, and Ramorino was executed. Chrzanowski was dismissed from Sardinian service and lived for a time in Louisiana but died in Paris (February 26, 1861). He published several works in Polish.

Publications

  • Chesney, Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828-29)

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