Prato Rio was the home of a general who served in the Polish army under what king?
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Prato Rio Prato Rio, also known as Hopewell, near Leetown, West Virginia, was the home of General Charles Lee of the Continental Army, for whom Leetown is named. Lee lived there from 1774 to his death in 1782. The property was originally acquired in 1731 by Han Yost Heydt (or Hite), who built a log cabin on the property he called "Hopewell". Heydt's son Jacob expanded the cabin in 1733. In 1774 Jacob Heydt sold the 3000 acre plantation to Lee, who renamed the estate "Prato Rio". During the nineteenth century a number of additions were built.
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Charles Lee (general) Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731]  – 2 October 1782) served as a general of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II.
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Stanisław Mokronowski Stanisław Mokronowski (1761, in Bogucin – 1821, in Warsaw) was a prominent member of the Polish landed gentry of Bogoria coat of arms. A general of the Polish Army and a royal Chamberlain, Mokronowski took part in both the Polish–Russian War of 1792 (War in the Defence of the Constitution) and Kościuszko's Uprising of 1794.
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Józef Judycki Józef Judycki (died 1797) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth noble. Marshal of the Lithuanian Tribunal in 1777, Lithuanian Great Guard ("strażnik wielki litewski") from 1776, Lithuanian Great Quartermaster ("oboźny wielki litewski") from 1774. Commander of Lithuanian army during the Polish–Russian War of 1792. Defeated at the Battle of Mir in June 1792, he gained a reputation as a poor commander and was relieved soon afterwards.
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Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski (1863 - 1940) was a General of the Polish Army, who was probably murdered by the NKVD in Lwow, in March 1940. He fought in several conflicts, including World War I and the Invasion of Poland.
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Janusz Bokszczanin "Podpułkownik" Janusz Bokszczanin (1894, Grodno – 1973) was a colonel of the Polish Army and one of the first Polish commanders of the motorized troops in the reborn Second Polish Republic. During World War II he joined the ZWZ resistance organization and later the Home Army (Armia Krajowa). Until 1943 he served as chief of department of "rapid response" within its headquarters. In 1944, prior to the anti-Fascist Operation Tempest, he became the chief of operations, and deputy chief of staff of the entire Home Army (AK).
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Civil war in Poland (1704–06) The civil war in Poland (1704–1706) was a part of a larger European conflict, the Great Northern War. It focused on the struggle for the Polish throne between King Stanisław I supported by his Warsaw Confederation and Sweden, and the Russian-backed Sandomierz Confederation of Augustus II the Strong. The war ended with Stanisław's victory and the Treaty of Altranstädt in 1706 in which August II renounced his claims to the Polish throne. Stanisław's triumph would be short-lived, however, as by 1709 he would be forced to give up the throne to Augustus II once again.
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Frederick Augustus I of Saxony Frederick Augustus I (full name: "Frederick Augustus Joseph Maria Anthony John Nepomuk Aloysius Xavier"; German: "Friedrich August Josef Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Alois Xavier" ; Polish: "Fryderyk August Józef Maria Antoni Jan Nepomucen Alojzy Ksawery Wettyn" ; 23 December 1750 – 5 May 1827) was King of Saxony (1805–1827) from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III ("Friedrich August III.") of Saxony (1763–1806) and Duke Frederick Augustus I (Polish: "Fryderyk August I" ) of Warsaw (1807–1813).
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Karol Durski-Trzaska Karol Durski-Trzaska (1849–1935) was an officer in Austro-Hungarian Army and later, Polish Army. Reached the rank of Lieutenant General ("Feldmarschalleutnant") in Austrian-Hungarian Army; commander of Austrian Polish Legions in World War I from 23 September 1914 to December 1915. Transferred to reserve afterwards. He served in the Polish Army from 1919 to 1922, in reserve again afterwards. Recipient of the Silver Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta.
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Aleksander Romanowicz Aleksander Romanowicz was a general of cavalry in both Russian Imperial Army and Polish Army. Born April 1, 1871 in his family estate Olekszyszki (near Lida), in 1890 he graduated from the Russian Army Cadet Corps in Polotsk, then entered the Officer’s School of Cavalry, becoming in 1892 a professional officer of the Russian Army. He was of Lithuanian Tatar origin.
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Jakub Jasiński Jakub Jasiński of Rawicz Clan (24 July 1761, in Węglów near Pyzdry in Greater Poland – 4 November 1794, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish general, and poet of Enlightenment. He participated in the War in Defence of the Constitution in 1792, was an enemy of the Targowica Confederation and organized an action against its supporters in Wilno. He was killed in the Battle of Praga in 1794.
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Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762) Stanisław Poniatowski (15 September 1676 29 August 1762) was a Polish military commander, diplomat, and noble. Throughout his career, Poniatowski served in various military offices, and was a general in both the Swedish and Polish-Lithuanian militaries. He also held numerous civil positions, including those of "podstoli" of Lithuania and Grand Treasurer of the Lithuanian army in 1722, voivode of the Masovian Voivodeship in 1731, regimentarz of the Crown Army in 1728, and castellan of Kraków in 1752. Throughout his lifetime, he served in many "starost" positions.
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Army of Congress Poland Army of the Congress Poland refers to the military forces of the Kingdom of Poland that existed in the period 1815–1831.
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Royal Albanian Army The Royal Albanian Army () was the army of Albanian Kingdom and King Zogu from 1928 until 1939. Its commander-in-chief was King Zog; its commander General Xhemal Aranitasi; its Chief of Staff was General Gustav von Myrdacz. The army was mainly financed by Italy during period 1936–39.
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Józef Sowiński Józef Sowiński (1777–1831) was a Polish artillery general and one of the heroes of Poland's November 1830 Uprising.
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Battle of Głogów The Battle of Głogów or Defense of Głogów (German: "Schlacht bei Glogau" , Polish: "Obrona Głogowa" ) was fought on 24 August 1109 at the Silesian town of Głogów, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Recorded by the medieval chronicler Gallus Anonymus it is one of the most well known battles in Polish history. The Polish forces were led by Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth, while the Imperial forces were under command of King Henry V of Germany. Bolesław was victorious.
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Samuel Osiński Samuel Osiński (died 1649) of Radwan coat of arms was a high-ranking noble (szlachcic) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Podczaszy oszmiański 1635–1643, high commander ('oberszter') of Royal Guard of king Władysław IV Waza from 1640, manager of Brześć royal lands from 1641, ciwun berżniański (1642–1643), oboźny of Lithuanian Army since 1645.
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Jan Rządkowski Jan Piotr Rządkowski (1860–1934) was a Polish military officer and a General of the Polish Army. He is best known as the commanding officer of the 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division during the Polish-Bolshevik War and then the commander of the armed forces of the Republic of Central Lithuania.
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Artur Phleps Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer who held the rank of "SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS" (lieutenant general) in the "Waffen-SS" during World War II. An Austro-Hungarian Army officer before and during World War I, he specialised in mountain warfare and logistics, and had been promoted to "Oberstleutnant" (lieutenant colonel) by the end of the war. During the interwar period he joined the Romanian Army, reaching the rank of "General-locotenent" (major general), and also became an adviser to King Carol. After he spoke out against the government, he was sidelined and asked to be dismissed from the army.
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Władysław Sikorski Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (] ; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader.
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Jan Čapek ze Sán Jan Čapek ze Sán was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland.
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Michał Rola-Żymierski Michał Rola-Żymierski (] ; September 4, 1890October 15, 1989) was a Polish high-ranking Communist Party leader, communist military commander, NKVD secret agent, and Marshal of Poland by Joseph Stalin's order from 1945 until his death. He supported the 1981 imposition of Martial law in Poland.