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Topic: Italian War of Independence, Third

Ludwik Mierosławski

Polish general, writer, poet, historian and political activist
Years: 1814 - 1878

Ludwik Adam Mierosławski (January 17, 1814, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne – November 22, 1878, Paris) is a Polish general, writer, poet, historian and political activist.

A participant in the November Uprising of the 1830s, after its failure he emigrates to France, where he teaches Slavic history and military theory.

Chosen as a commander for the Greater Poland Uprising of 1846, he is taken prisoner early but amnestied during the Spring of Nations.

In 1848 and 1849, he fights for the insurgents in Baden and in the Electorate of the Palatinate.

Afterwards, he returns to France; he also has contacts with Italian activists like Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Additionally, he takes part in the January Uprising in the 1860s, as the first of four dictators of the Uprising.