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Józef Poniatowski

1763 - 1813

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Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzɛf anˈtɔɲi pɔɲaˈtɔfskʲi]; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanisław II August (r. 1764–1795), Poniatowski began his military career in 1780 in the Austrian army, where he attained the rank of colonel. In 1789, after leaving Austrian service, he joined the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army at the request of his uncle. Poniatowski, now in the rank of major general and commander of the Royal Guards, took part in the Polish–Russian War of 1792, leading the crown forces at the victorious Battle of Zieleńce. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Józef Poniatowski is the 180th most popular military personnel (down from 155th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Austria (down from 94th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Józef Poniatowski was a Polish nobleman and military commander who became the last king of Poland. He was the son of Polish king Stanislaus Poniatowski.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Józef Poniatowski ranks 180 out of 2,058. Before him are Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Semyon Budyonny, Maurice de Saxe, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Giovanni Giustiniani. After him are Michiel de Ruyter, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Ernst Busch, Alois Brunner, Joachim Peiper, and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Józef Poniatowski ranks 3. Before him are Joséphine de Beauharnais, and Charles XIV John of Sweden. After him are Jean Paul, Jacques Charles, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Kobayashi Issa, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, and Augustin Robespierre. Among people deceased in 1813, Józef Poniatowski ranks 3. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Mikhail Kutuzov. After him are George Shaw, André Grétry, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Robert R. Livingston, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Christoph Martin Wieland, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Józef Poniatowski ranks 124 out of 1,424. Before him are Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679), Heinz Fischer (1938), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), and Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633). After him are Alois Brunner (1912), Geli Raubal (1908), Milutin Milanković (1879), Richard Kuhn (1900), Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), and Josef Breuer (1842).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Józef Poniatowski ranks 4. Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), and Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886). After him are Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Stangl (1908), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817).

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