Romuald Traugutt (16 January, 1826 - 5 August, 1864) was a
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and war hero, best known for commanding the
January UprisingThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was
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of Insurrection, since October 17 1863 to April 20 1864 he was a head of Polish National Government, and president of its Foreign Affairs Office.
Before the uprising he was a Lt. Colonel (
podpułkownik) in the
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's army.
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Romuald Traugutt (16 January, 1826 - 5 August, 1864) was a
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
generalA general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general.-All general officer...
and war hero, best known for commanding the
January UprisingThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was
DictatorA dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power with military control but, without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship...
of Insurrection, since October 17 1863 to April 20 1864 he was a head of Polish National Government, and president of its Foreign Affairs Office.
Before the uprising he was a Lt. Colonel (
podpułkownik) in the
Russian EmpireThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
's army. He then resigned his commission and became leader of the rebel forces by October 1863.
After the uprising, he was sentenced to death by the Russian regime and hanged near the
Warsaw CitadelCytadela is a 19th-century fortress in Warsaw, Poland. It was built by order of Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising in order to bolster imperial Russian control of the city. It served as a prison into the late 1930s.- History :The Citadel was built by personal...
on 5 August, 1864, aged 38, together with other rebel commanders (Rafał Krajewski, Józef Toczyski,
Roman ŻulińskiRoman Żuliński - a Polish mathematician and co-commander of the January Uprising.After the uprising he was sentenced to death and hanged near the Warsaw Citadel on August 5 1864, together with other rebel commanders, including Romuald Traugutt....
and Jan Jeziorański). The
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is considering his beatification due to his overwhelming devotion to God and his sacrifice for his homeland.