Ferdynand Stokowski
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Ferdynand Ignacy Stokowski (26 August 1776, Sierpowie - 1827) was a Polish officer in the French army of the Napoleonic Wars
. He was one of the squadron commanders of the Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard
and made a baron de l'Empire in 1811, before being dismissed from the French army with the rank of brigadier general.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. He was one of the squadron commanders of the Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard
Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard
The [Polish] 1st Light Cavalry Lancer Regiment of the Imperial Guard was a formation of Polish light cavalry that served Emperor Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.The Regiment, as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, fought in many battles,...
and made a baron de l'Empire in 1811, before being dismissed from the French army with the rank of brigadier general.