Henryk Dembiński ( hu, Dembinszky Henrik; 16 January 1791 – 13 July 1864) was a Polish engineer, traveler and general. Wjazd triumfalny Henryka Dembinskiego na Prage

Wjazd triumfalny Henryka Dembinskiego na Prage

Dembiński was born in Strzałków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 1809 he entered the

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of the

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and took part in most of the Napoleonic campaigns in the East. Among others, he took part in the

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in 1813. After the fall of

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he remained in

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and became one of the members of the

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of the

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. In the Polish

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of 1830, he was a successful leader of the Polish forces. In 1831, after his victorious campaign in Lithuania, he was promoted to

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and for a brief period became the Polish Commander-in-Chief. He took part in the battles of Dębe Wielkie and Ostrołęka. After the fall of the revolution in 1833 he emigrated to

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, where he became one of the prominent politicians of the

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, a group of supporters of

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

. In the

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he was appointed the commanding officer of the Northern Army. After his successes he was soon promoted and

Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, hu, udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos, sk, Ľudovít Košút, anglicised as Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, polit ...

appointed him the Hungarian commander-in-chief. He was hampered by the jealousy of Artúr Görgey and after the defeat at the

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, he resigned. After the

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(where he was commander until the arrival of

Józef Bem Józef Zachariasz Bem ( hu, Bem József, tr, Murat Pasha; March 14, 1794 – December 10, 1850) was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriot ...

) and Kossuth's resignation, he fled to

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, where he (together with many other prominent Polish officers) entered the service of sultan

Mahmud II Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...

. However, in 1850 he returned to

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, where he died.

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* Activists of the Great Emigration Generals of the November Uprising Hungarian Revolution of 1848 People from Busko County People of the Revolutions of 1848 Polish soldiers Polish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1791 births 1864 deaths {{Hungary-mil-bio-stub