Cyprian Godebski (1765 – 19 April 1809) was a Polish poet, novelist and father of writer
Franciszek Ksawery. He was an outstanding poet of the so-called "Legions Poetry".
Life
Godebski served in the
Polish Legions from 1798 until 1801. From 1803 to 1806 he became, together with
Ksawery Kossecki, publisher and editor of the "Zabawy Przyjemne i Pozyteczne" almanac. From 1805 he was a member of the
Friends of Science Society. In 1806 Godebski joined the
Polish Army
The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stre ...
of the
Duchy of Warsaw
The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...
; he had become disillusioned with the policy of
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
towards Poland. He died in the
Battle of Raszyn
The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on 19 April 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire under Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este and the Duchy of Warsaw under Józef Antoni Poniatowski, as part of the War of the Fifth Coalitio ...
in 1809.
Napoleon.org.pl
References
1765 births
1809 deaths
Polish poets
18th-century Polish–Lithuanian novelists
19th-century Polish novelists
Polish male novelists
Polish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Polish Army officers
Polish military personnel killed in action
Military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars
Kościuszko insurgents
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