Ferdynand Ignacy Stokowski (26 August 1776, in Sierpowie – 1827) was a Polish officer in the French army of the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. He was one of the squadron commanders of the

Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard ( ''/'' ) was a foreign Polish light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars. The regiment, as part of Napoleon's ...

and made a

baron de l'Empire As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles of nobility to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution. Like many others, both before and since, Napoleon found that t ...

in 1811, before being dismissed from the French army with the rank of brigadier general.

External links

S. Kirkor, ''Słownik oficerów legii nadwiślańskiej i pułków ułanów nadwiślańskich''
1776 births 1827 deaths French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Polish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Barons of the First French Empire French generals {{Poland-mil-bio-stub