Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki

Polish general
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Born:
Feb. 8, 1787, Zebrak, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died:
Jan. 12, 1860, Kraków, Pol. (aged 72)

Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki (born Feb. 8, 1787, Zebrak, Bohemia, Austrian Empire—died Jan. 12, 1860, Kraków, Pol.) was a Polish general who organized the Polish army in the revolution of 1830. After completing his education at the University of Lemberg, Skrzynecki entered the Polish Legion formed in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and distinguished himself at the Battle of Leipzig (1813). At Arcis-sur-Aube, in 1814, he saved Napoleon from the sudden onslaught of the enemy by sheltering him in the midst of his battalion. On the formation of the Kingdom of Poland in 1815 Skrzynecki was put in command of five ...(100 of 203 words)