Józef Michał Poniatowski [SEP] place of death
Józef Michał Poniatowski
Józef Michał Poniatowski (Rome, July 24, 1814 – London, July 4, 1873) was a Polish "szlachcic", a composer and an operatic tenor. He was the nephew of the Polish general Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski. He was created the 1st "Conte di Monte Rotondo" on November 20, 1847, and the first "Principe di Monte Rotondo" on November 19, 1850 by Grand Duke of Tuscany Lepold II.
Background.
Jozef Michal Poniatowski (Joseph Michael Xavier Francis
he formed the core of the "court" faction among the insurrectionists.
After the defeat of the Uprising, he retired to Italy. In 1804 his daughter, Antonina Mokronowski, was born. He returned to Poland shortly before his death. He was engaged in the construction of the monument of Józef Poniatowski in Warsaw.
In 1792, he became the fourth person to receive the Virtuti Militari order (the highest Polish military decoration), after prince Józef Poniatowski, Tadeusz Kościuszko and Michał Wielhorski.
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