Józef Poniatowski

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Portrait of Joseph Poniatowski

Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski ( 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (r. 1764–1795),