Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
Prince Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko was a Polish nobleman, general, military commander, diplomat and politician.
Early life
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko was born in 1768 to Hieronim Janusz Sanguszko and Cecylia Usrzula Potocka.French Royal army
In the years 1780–1786, Sanguszko graduated from the military school of Strasbourg and served in the Régiment Royal-Allemand of the French Royal army.Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Four-Year Sejm
On 3 February 1789, Sanguszko began service in the Crown Army as a captain in the. On 5 October 1789, he was promoted to major, and on 28 April 1792, to vice-brigadier. He was a representative of the Lublin Voivodeship in the Great Sejm of 1788-1792. Sanguszko partook in the War of the Second Partition where he fought at the Battle of Zieleńce as a cavalry brigadier, receiving the Virtuti Militari in its wake on 23 June. On 29 July 1792, the 24-year-old Sanguszko was promoted to brigadier, having taken over the command of the whole brigade on 25 June. As the Targowica Confederation had won, he joined the Imperial Russian Army to save his goods and possessions from confiscation.Kościuszko Uprising
During the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794 he was a major general and a divisional commander. At the Battle of Szczekociny he saved Kościuszko's life. Then during the siege of Warsaw he was wounded.Napoleonic Wars
He was a member of the general staff of Napoleon Bonaparte during the Russian campaign and took part in the march on Moscow. In the Duchy of Warsaw he was the vice-Regimentarz of the pospolite ruszenie.To protect family land holdings in Ukraine, Sanguszko refused to participate in Prince Poniatowski's 1813 campaign, for which the commander-in-chief, an old friend, punished him harshly with a dishonourable discharge from the army.