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Tadeusz Rozwadowski

Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski
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Born (1866-05-19)19 May 1866
Babin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died 18 October 1928(1928-10-18) (aged 62)
Warsaw, Poland
Allegiance  Austria-Hungary (1886–1918)
 Second Polish Republic (1918–1926)
Service/branch Wappen Kaisertum Österreich 1815 (Klein).png Austro-Hungarian Army
Orzełek II RP.svg Polish Army
Years of service 1886–1926
Rank Chief of the General Staff
Battles/wars First World War
Polish–Ukrainian War
Polish–Soviet War
Awards POL Virtuti Militari Komandorski BAR.svg POL Virtuti Militari Srebrny BAR.svg POL Polonia Restituta Komandorski BAR.svg
POL Krzyż Walecznych 4r BAR.svg POL Krzyż Walecznych 4r BAR.svg POL Krzyż Walecznych 4r BAR.svg POL Krzyż Walecznych 4r BAR.svg
Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg Ro1ocr.gif Cavaliere di Gran Croce OCI Kingdom BAR.svg
Ord.MariaTeresa-CAV.png CZE Rad Bileho Lva 5 tridy BAR.svg EST Cross of Liberty Military Leadership.png SRB Orden Belog Orla BAR.svg
Signature Rozwadowski signature.jpg

Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski (19 May 1866 – 18 October 1928) was a Polish military commander, diplomat, and politician, a general of the Austro-Hungarian Army and then the Polish Army.

Jordan-Rozwadowski was born in Babin, near Kałusz, Galicia, which formed part of the Austrian Empire (Austria-Hungary from 1867). The Jordan-Rozwadowski family was a member of the Polish nobility and a part of Traby clan (see Trąby coat of arms). The family obtained the title of count from the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II in 1783 in the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian nobility.

Tadeusz came from a family with a long military tradition. The 'Jordan' byname is a memento of a distant ancestor who during the Third Crusade was the first Pole to see the Jordan River. General's ancestor, Maciej Rozwadowski, showed bravery at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. Tadeusz's great-grandfather, Kazimierz Jordan-Rozwadowski, was a Kościuszko's brigadier who fought against the last partition of Poland. General's grandfather Viktor fought in the November Uprising and was awarded the War Order of Virtuti Militari, uncle Tadeusz was killed in the January Uprising, and father Tomislav fought in the January Uprising as a commander of the insurgent cavalry.


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