- Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł
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Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł Noble Family Radziwiłł Coat of Arms Trąby - Radziwiłł Coat of Arms uses The Trąby in the center of a Black Eagle in a Golden Shield
Parents Michał Hieronim Radziwłł
Helena PrzeździeckaConsorts Aleksandra Stecka Children with Aleksandra Stecka
Michalina Radziwiłł
Karol Andrzej Radziwiłł
Zygmunt RadziwiłłDate of Birth September 24, 1778 Place of Birth Warsaw Date of Death May 24, 1850 Place of Death Warsaw Prince Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778-1850) was a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic, senator, owner of the Nieborów and others properties.
Related to Radziwiłł family from Nieśwież (Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł). He took part in the Kościuszko Uprising (1794). On January 1807 colonel and commander of the Legion-du-Nord, and later the 5th regiment of infantry (Duchy of Warsaw). Took part in siege of Gdańsk, and later stationed with his regiment in Gdańsk. In 1811 general-de-brigade. In campagne 1812 commanded the brigade of infantry in the “Polish division” of general Grandjean in the Jacques MacDonald’s 10th Army Corps. He took part in defense of Gdańsk in 1813 (under general Jean Rapp) and when fortress capitulated he was taken prisoner. In 1815 he resigned his commission and settled in Nieborów. In the 1830-31 November Uprising he was for some time Commander-in-Chief of the Polish forces and the Polish commander in the battle of Grochów. After failing of the uprising he was exiled to Yaroslavl in Russia. In 1836 returned to Poland, and died in Warsaw.
Józef Chłopicki • Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł • Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki • Henryk Dembiński (incumbent) • Ignacy Prądzyński• Kazimierz Małachowski • Maciej Rybiński • Jan Nepomucen UmińskiCategories:- 1778 births
- 1850 deaths
- People from Warsaw
- Senators of the Congress Poland
- Polish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
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