Prince Eustachius Erasmus Sangushko , in Russian documents Evstafy Ieronimovich Sangushko ( Polish. Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko ; October 26, 1768 - December 2, 1844 ) - Polish military leader, owner of the Podgoretsky castle .
| Eustachius Erasmus Sangushko | |
|---|---|
| polish Eustachy erazm sanguszko | |
 Portrait of the work of Juliusz Kossak | |
| Date of Birth | October 26, 1768 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | December 2, 1844 (76 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| Affiliation |  Kingdom of FrancePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Duchy of Warsaw |
| Type of army | cavalry |
| Years of service | ? - 1789 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1789 - 1795 1812 - 1814 |
| Rank | ? captain ( 1789 ) Brigadier General ( 1792 ) major general ( 1794 ) Brigadier General ( 1812 ) adjutant general ( 1812 ) Division General ( 1813 ) |
| Battles / wars | Russian-Polish war of 1792 Polish uprising of 1794 Patriotic War of 1812 Sixth Coalition War |
| Awards and prizes |   |
| Retired | memoirist |
Biography
Coming from an ancient and rich princely family , the only son of the last Volyn governor Jerome Janusz Sangushko ( 1743 - 1812 ) and Cecilia Ursula Potocka ( 1747 - 1772 ). He was educated at the military academy in Strasbourg , then he served in the French army, and was accepted into the Polish army as captain in 1789.
During the Russo-Polish War of 1792, he distinguished himself in the battle of Zelentsy and became one of the first 14 gentlemen of the most honorable Polish military order Virtuti Militari . After the defeat of the Poles, he was accepted into the Russian service with the same rank ( brigade leader ), commanded the Kinburn Dragoon Regiment.
In 1794 during the Uprising Kosciuszko , joined the rebels, major general of the rebel army. After the defeat of the uprising, he again accepted Russian citizenship; he lived in his vast estates in Volyn.
In 1812 he entered the French service, a brigadier general, was in the retinue of Emperor Napoleon I during a campaign against Russia as one of the three Polish adjutant generals of the emperor, along with Joseph Kossakowski and Ludwik Paz . Knight of the Legion of Honor . In Russia, his estates were selected in the treasury.
In 1813, Napoleon promoted Sangushko to the division generals . After Napoleon’s defeat, he went to Russia for the third time, was forgiven by Emperor Alexander I and lived until the end of his life on his estates, which were returned to him.
He was married to Maria Clementine, nee Countess of Czartoryski . In 1815 he wrote memoirs containing, inter alia, a description of the Patriotic War of 1812. Memoirs published in Krakow in 1876; Russian translation (in extract) is placed in the "Historical Bulletin" for August and September 1898.
Sons: Roman and Vladislav .
Source
- Patriotic War of 1812. Encyclopedia. Moscow, ROSSPEN, 2004, p. 638.