About Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz
Lived 1785 – 1864 (aged 78–79). Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz was a Polish military officer.
Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz (1785 in Volhynia, Ukraine – 1864 in Paris, France) was a Ukrainian-born Polish general of the November Uprising, Captain of the 1st Polish Lancers, Napoleon's bodyguard and aide-de-camp during his 1812 Russian Campaign.
Early life Born into an old Dunin family, as the son of Count Adam Dunin-Wąsowicz, Łabędź coat of arms and his wife, Anna Maria Niemirycz, Klamry coat of arms.
Career On December 5, 1812, with Napoleon's troops in disarray and freezing temperatures taking a heavy toll, Napoleon abandoned his Grand Army at Smarhon (then in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus) and retreated to Paris. Napoleon was accompanied only by a Mameluke bodyguard and Captain (Count) Dunin-Wąsowicz. Napoleon ordered that he should never be allowed to be captured alive and handed Count Dunin-Wąsowicz a set of pistols.
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Who was Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz?
Polish noble
When was Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz born?
Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz was born in 1785 in Ovruch.
When did Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz die?
Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz died in 1864 in Paris.
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Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz was a military officer.
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Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz was Polish.
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