Joseph Sulkowski

Joseph Sulkowski (Józef Sułkowski, c. 1770, Palatinate of Poznań – 22 October 1798, Cairo, Egypt) was a Polish captain in the French Revolutionary Army and friend and aide de camp to Napoleon Bonaparte. He also became friends with Muiron, Vivant Denon, Lazare Carnot, Augereau, and Bourienne. His name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe, on the 28th column, as SULKOSKY.

Joseph Sulkowski
Józef Sułkowski by Antoni Brodowski
Bornc. 1770
Palatinate of Poznań
Died22 October 1798
Cairo, Ottoman Egypt
AllegianceKingdom of France,
First French Republic
Service/branchArmy
RankCaptain
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
(Italy, Egypt)

Life

Italy

A fine strategist, he played an important role in the first Italian campaign. It was his bravery that led to the capture of the Saint-George batteries. He was wounded at the battle of Arcole.

Egypt

He died in the revolt of Cairo on 22 October 1798, suffering from wounds received a few weeks earlier, and his body was given to the dogs. On hearing of his death Bonaparte showed remorse and, asked why he did not honour him more when he was alive, replied "On first meeting him, I saw in him a commander in chief". Dying too young, Carnot would have seen in him a potential replacement for the future emperor. Shortly before his death, he married one of the daughters of Venture de Paradis, an old military interpreter on the Egyptian expedition.

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