Count Józef Hauke-Bosak (19 March 1834 in Saint Petersburg – 21 January 1871) was a Polish general in the January Uprising, and commander of the Polish army in Lesser Poland, the closest collaborator of rebellion leader Romuald Traugutt. He fought many successful battles against the Russians in this region. He fled Poland after the Uprising collapsed in 1864. He died in the post of commander of brigade in the French army at Vosges, during the Franco-Prussian war in 1871.

He was a nephew of Piotr Steinkeller and also cousin to Countess Julia von Hauke, Princess von Battenberg.

Józef Hauke-Bosak

See also

Hauke-Bosak family

References

1834 births

1871 deaths

Military personnel from Saint Petersburg

Counts of Poland

Generals of the January Uprising

Polish people of German descent

French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War

Józef Hauke-Bosak