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Prince Poniatowski and Napoleon during the battle of Smolensk
On occasion of this battle’s anniversary let me show a couple of images depicting emperor Napoleon and prince Józef Poniatowski:
Jean-Charles Langlois, The Battle of Smolensk, 17th August 1812
A close-up from the previous image, with Napoleon and prince Józef
Tadeusz Brodowski, Napoleon and Prince Józef during the battle of Smolensk
The Battle of Smolensk was the first major battle of Napoleon’s Russian campaign, in 1812. It took place on 16–18 August, ending as tactical victory of the Frenchmen (whereas Russian had to abandon the city). And it were the Polish troops, under command of prince Józef, who were the first units of Grand Armée to enter Smolensk.
#józef poniatowski#poniatowski and napoleon#napoleon#1812 campaign#smolensk#jean charles langlois#tadeusz brodowski
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I wanted to wish a happy birthday to my favourite marshal…
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OF COURSE IT’S PONIATOWSKI WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THOUGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT HUH? This boy has birthday on 7th may!
Here is my birthday present for Pepi. It’s not much, but I tried to spice up a bit with some silly doodles.
YIPEEEEEEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JOZEF PONIATOWSKI
I’m trying my best with drawing anatomy okay you have to understand that I’m doing my best here 🙏
(I know it’s not enough… I was just too lazy I’m sorry 😔)
Here, take this meme too, as a bonus:
#drawing#duchyofwarsaw#napoleonic era#polish history#poniatowski#sketch#jozef poniatowski#księstwowarszawskie#józef poniatowski#józefponiatowski#napoleon’s marshals#napoleonic wars#traditional drawing#traditional sketch
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TW: (VERY BADLY DRAWN) GORE!!!
The Ballad of Sara Berry
But instead it’s Joachim Murat! :D
Murat slayed…literally…
So…a friend of mine was listening to The Ballad of Sara Berry from the 35mm: A Musical Exhibition album and they mentioned how they were imagining Murat as the titular Sara Berry so I did what I had to do 😤
All the gore is really poorly drawn here, I just doodled everything really quickly but omg I love the concept of Murat girlbossing and murdering people for some reason 😭 It was also really fun to draw the marshals as dead guys for some reason 💀
#napoleon's marshals#napoleonic shitpost#I’m sorry marshals 😔#it was all for a sick drawing idea 😔😔#joachim murat#jean de dieu soult#andre massena#louis nicolas davout#michel ney#józef poniatowski#nicolas oudinot#marshalate#napoleonic au
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#napoleonic era#napoleonic wars#joachim murat#józef poniatowski#polish history#french history#i think about them a lot#napoleonic shitpost
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Genuine question regarding Poniatowski's marital status -
Maybe this is a stupid question to people who know more about him than I do but: Why did Jozéf Poniatowski never get married?
I know it wasn't an issue of fertility, he fathered several illegitimate children. And I know some men at the time only married quite late in life but he was already 50 when he died, and still unmarried, which I can't help but find a little strange if not just out of place even for the time.
Was it an issue of a lot of the women he showed interest in having already been married? Or of politics like he would have had to marry someone in an incredibly specific position? Would marrying put him into a situation (political, financial, social, or otherwise) which he didn't want to be in? Did he just like the single life? Was he a Beyonce Single Lady? It just confuses me is all :sob:
#jozéf poniatowski#prince poniatowski#marshal poniatowski#poniatowski#napoleonic era#napoleonic#napoleons marshals#rhodo rambles
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Just some Pictures from a Little Outing
Yesterday, Mama Hopster and I (who really needed a break from Uni work, which has consumed most of my days.) went into Copenhagen to see the Thorvaldsen museum.
I had mentioned a week before that I wanted to go see the museum, since His statues looked awesome, and that there was a Poniatowski statue in there that i wanted to see (thank you @captainknell for asking if I had seen the statue. I probably wouldn't have realized it was there if you didn't.)
I knew there was other statues of figures who were involved in the Napoleonic wars there, but I wasn't sure how many were Displayed. But my surprise and delight, I could see all of them.
There was three Pieces of Poniatowski:
This bust
This plaster model
and this full sized one
This Napoleon bust
One of Eugene de Beauharnais
Metternich (If this is accurate to his looks, I can't help but think he's pretty good looking.)
and here's other assorted pictures
#historical#personal travel#Thorvaldsen museum#Denmark#Copenhagen#józef poniatowski#napoleon Bonaparte#Klemens von Metternich#eugene de beuharnais#art#statues#Horace Vernet#Christina-Égypta Bonaparte#bertel Thorvaldsen
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I have only one expectation of the 2023 Napoleon movie. Please, include Polish characters
#please i hope there's Maria Walewska and Józef Poniatowski#posted by me#eastern europe#napoleon#cinema
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The first time I saw these two portraits I refused to believe they were the same person. But what I did believe was that he's cute.
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"Należy podkreślić, że polska generalicja nie zachęcała do marszu na Moskwę; decyzję tę właściwie wbrew wszystkim podjął Napoleon. [...] Polacy ponadto usiłowali uzyskać zgodę Napoleona na podjęcie działań powstańczych na Wołuniu i Ukrainie, na co on ponownie się nie zgodził. Zaraz po zdobyciu Smoleńska z takim planem jeszcze raz zwrócił się książę Józef, nawet prosząc o to cesarza Francuzów na kolanach, ale w odpowiedzi usłyszał jedynie, że za niesubordynację może być rozstrzelany!"
'One ought to emphasise that the Polish officer staff did not encourage a march on Moscow; that decision, Napoleon took against the wishes of pretty much everyone. [...] What is more, Polish officers tried to obtain Napoleon's permission for instigating uprisings in Volhynia and Ukraine, but again were met with refusal. Right after the taking of Smolensk, prince Józef once more turned to him with this plan, even pleading with the emperor of the French on his knees, but in response, he heard only that for insubordination, he could face a firing squad!'
-- Lech Mażewski, Rzeczypospolita Jeden i Pół; O narodzinch, istnieniu i upadku państwa polskiego w latach 1806-1831
(emphasis & translation mine)
#the russian campaign was. fucking something#that book is a chore to get through but it's very good#I'm thinking of trying to translate at least a whole chapter#19th century#napoleón bonaparte#napoleon#napoleonic era#napoleonic wars#napoleon's marshals#książę józef poniatowski#józef poniatowski#1812
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My digital portrait of Prince Józef Poniatowski.
Poniatowski was a ardent Polish nationalist who supported Napoléon in an effort to see Poland reestablished as a independent country. As many Poles viewed Napoléon as a means to these goal, Poniatowski served as a symbol as well when he was given the title of Marshal which further encouraged their support.
Here I tested a new (to me) art program: “Rebelle 5.” This started as a black and white sketch which evolved into testing the oil brush effect along with a bit of a color experiment. Most of my art consists of some sort of experiment as some of you may notice. Józef is yet another figure that does not have many adequate references easily available online, so it is once again a combination of multiple images in order to create a slightly new perspective.
#Józef Poniatowski#prince#Polish#French history#Napoleonic#Marshal Poniatowski#portrait#digital art#myart
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Inspired by @histoireettralala's Incorrect Marshals Quotes Part 60.
I have no idea how to draw Augereau...
#napoleonic#napoleonic era#napoleonic wars#shitpost#*randomly flips through the Murat outfit compendium*#joachim murat#jean lannes#jozef poniatowski#Charles-Pierre Augereau
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The Battle of Leipzig, October, 1813
By mid-October, Napoleon gathered all his forces near Leipzig, where on the 16th the started a battle that would later be called the Battle of the Nations .
Jan Czesław Moniuszko, Prince Józef at Leipzig
Commanding the Poles incorporated into the Grand Army as the 8th Corps, Prince Joseph defended the village of Markkleeberg south of the city. As he reported to Napoleon, on the 16th
"the enemy did not gain an inch of ground […] the army showed admirable zeal and endurance […] but I lost 1/3 of my men and I have no ammunition."
And on that very day, the 16th of October, the Emperor appointed Prince Poniatowski a Marshal of France, with the official nomination taking place a day later.
Prince Józef Poniatowski being presented the marshals baton, Reville's engraving after Martinet
As diarists recall, prince Józef received both the news about the nomination and the announcement that followed quite calmly, or even indifferently. However, he considered that moment not appropriate to insult the emperor with a refusal.
So first Poniatowski asked consent of Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw, to accept the nomination. Then he hastened assure his subordinates that
"whatever happens he would never replace the Polish uniform with another one."
Also anticipating that the news of his new appointment might not receive support in Warsaw, prince Józef asked Tomasz Ostrowski
"to send to the capital as early as possible, by a known means, an explanation of the circumstances and an assurance everyone that if there is no war for Poland, no one will see him wearing anything but a civilian clothes".
Together with this, however, Poniatowski promised that in any case he would have to escort Napoleon to France.
As for the global situation, the 17th of October was a day of rest and re-ranking of troops for both the Frenchmen and the Coalition , thus there was almost no fighting then.
Polish infantry fighting at Connewitz-Probstheida, a drawing by Raffet
On October 18, Prince Joseph was defending Probstheida, a village southeast of Leipzig. But that day the fighting was even more fierce than before. The French troops held their positions, but by the end of the day they were exhausted and depleted as a result of the intensifying attacks of the Allies, who, in addition, had on the previous day received reinforcements in the form of General Bennigsen's Czech Army and the Army of the North commaded by Bernadotte.
Considering all this, that evening Napoleon considered the battle a lost cause. So, he then began organizing the retreat. The corps of General Reynier, Marshal Macdonald and Prince Poniatowski were to defense the rear guard of the French. They were to hold the city of Leipzig for 24 hours for the Grande Armée to gain as much time as possible.
Napoleon resigns after the Battle of Leipzig, From a painting by Ludwik Braun
Having arrived in Leipzig at nine o'clock in the evening, Napoleon stayed at the hotel "At the Prussian king", where he asked Prince Józef to come. They then had, according to Baron Agathon Fain's account, the following conversation:
- Prince, you will defend the southern suburbs.
– Sire! I have very few men, most of my corps have, following Prince Berthier's orders, crossed the Elsther at night.
- How many Poles are there with you?
- My usual escort, i.e. two hundred of the Krakuses, the same number of cuirassiers, staff and several cavalry units, in total about eight hundred people.
- Well, this will be the way for you to defend the southern suburbs and cover the retreat of the army with the Prince of Tarentum… For 800 Poles are worth 8,000 other soldiers.
- Your Majesty can trust us, we will cover the retreat, even if every one of us dies!
These were the last words the prince addressed to the emperor. After saying goodbye he looked "preoccupied and sad".
What's more, that meeting was probably the last time Poniatowski and Napoleon seeing each other...
January Suchodolski, Napoleon and Józef Antoni Poniatowski at the Battle of Leipzig
On the morning of the last day of the battle, Polish troops were defending a section of the southern suburbs near the Peters Thor gate. Moreover, that time they had not only to fight the enemy, but also there intensified clashes with the locals, who were shooting at the retreating units from the windows.
Author Unknown, Prince Józef Poniatowski during the Battle of Leipzig
At about 11:00 Prince Józef found it impossible to conduct further defensive operations in this place and ordered a retreat. The Poles moved along the esplanade, where, near the Wasserkunst fountain, they fight the enemy in an organized manner for the last time.
Jan Chełmiński, Prince Józef Poniatowski at the head of the troops at Leipzig
During that skirmish Poniatowski was probably wounded (probably not first time). As Klemens Kołaczkowski recalled:
He received a wound in the hand from a rifle bullet; he ordered it to be treated, got back on the horse and, holding his hand on a scarf, he did not stop fighting.
Then the Poles, having left the city walls, were looking for a crossing. The first on their way was the Pleisse River, deprived of all bridges on Napoleon's orders. Kołaczkowski:
Prince Poniatowski <…> was exposed to the fire of enemy tirailleurs, in dense troops approaching from all sides. General Bronikowski, standing next to the prince, advised him to seek salvation by swimming. But the prince answered him quickly: "One must die bravely!" (Il faut mourir en brave - AS) He ordered the rest of the escort to attack enemy tirailleurs one more time, but that managed to stop their advance only for a moment. There was not a single moment to lose! In this last resort, the prince finally followed the opinion of the officers surrounding him, mounted his horse and jumped into the river with him!
Jan Bogumił Plersch, Prince Poniatowski crossing Pleisse
The water was flooding the banks high up; the horse, carried away by its momentum, could not reach the shore. At this sight, captain Blechamps from the staff rushes after the prince, helps him swim and get to the opposite shore.
But there was one more river to cross – the Elster. Which had also been devoid of all its bridges except one. But even that one was earlier that day blown up by mistake when a significant part of the French were still on the other bank.
Retreat of the French from Leipzig, October 1813, an English engraving
What's more, in German Elster means "magpie". And according to legend, a gypsy woman once told Prince Joseph that he would die because of a magpie. And that's how it happened.
Tadeusz Korpal, Prince Poniatowski at Leipzig
Kołaczkowski:
The prince was walking on foot through the gardens lying between Elster and Pleisse: here, he was shot in the side by a rifle bullet for the second time and fell into the arms of the officers surrounding him. However, he soon regained consciousness and, with the help of his adjutant, mounted his horse with difficulty, swaying in the saddle. The Poles started to appeal to him to take care of himself and, handing over his command to another general, to preserve himself for the homeland. But the prince's courage seemed to increase with danger. "No! no!" he shouted "God has entrusted me with the honor of the Poles, I will only give it to God". The engineer's officer comes running and points to the most convenient place to cross; the prince, walking along the river bank, heads in that direction; but when he notices the enemy unit blocking his path, he shouts loudly: "There they are!" He turns his horse and rushes to Elster. Weakened by his wounds, he can no longer steer his horse, but the beast can only follow the current and cannot climb the high, precipitous shore. All this happened under a hail of bullets. At that final moment, the prince receives his third wound, slips from his horse and, carried away by the rush of the water, begins to sink. The good Blechamps comes to the aid again. In noble zeal, he throws himself into the river and grasps the prince. He was seen holding his arms and trying to lift the prince's head above the water, but the efforts of this noble man were in vain. They both disappeared forever in the currents of the treacherous river! Such was the death of a Polish hero, a beloved leader who preferred death to ignominious captivity.
Prince Poniatowski at Leipzig (enlarged)
According to another legend, at Leipzig prince Józef was to see the notorious White Lady of the Poniatowskis for the last time.
#józef poniatowski#poniatowski#1813#Leipzig#the battle of leipzig#napoleonic wars#napoleon bonaparte#Jan Czesław Moniuszko#Ludwik Braun#January Suchodolski#Jan Chełmiński#Jan Bogumił Plersch#Tadeusz Korpal
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Everyone keeps saying my Pepi drawings are adorable, but they don’t know I can make Pepi EVEN MORE adorable >:)))
BEHOLD, THE CHIBI PEPI!
Goddamit I can’t draw weapons :((
That’s it. Pa paaa~ (It means bye bye in Polish)
#drawing#duchyofwarsaw#napoleonic era#polish history#poniatowski#sketch#jozef poniatowski#księstwowarszawskie#józef poniatowski#józefponiatowski#chibi art#cute chibi#napoleon’s marshals#napoleonic shitpost#cutest maréchal ever#traditional drawing#traditional sketch
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Prince Józef Poniatowski before the front of grenadiers, by January Suchodolski, 1857. National Museum in Warsaw.
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Happy birthday Prince Poniatowski! May 7, 1763
I have a quote from Napoleon's Military Career, about his unfortunate death:
This order was given to Poniatowski by the Emperor himself: "Prince," said Napoleon to him, "you will defend the southern Faubourg." "Sire," he replied, "I have but few people." "Ah, well! You will defend yourself with what you have." "Ah! Sure, we will maintain it! We are always ready to perish for your Majesty." The illustrious, unfortunate Pole kept his word; he was never again to behold the Emperor. Later Napoleon said of him: "Poniatowski was a noble man, honorable and brave. Had I succeeded in Russia, I intended to make him King of Poland."
#napoleonic marshals#Prince Poniatowski#jozef antoni poniatowski#happy birthday#Napoleon's Military Career#Montgomery B Gibbs
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Just wanted to give a heads-up to the Poniatowski fans about this. Unfortunately, it is behind a paywall but maybe somebody is still interested. I’ve listened to the first half, and so far the hosts seem to be quite sympathetic to this marshal. (And for once, I can sympathize a lot when they struggle with pronounciation - maybe there are some Polish people who want to help out?)
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