Polish count Włodzimierz Potocki participated as a general in the war between the Duchy of Warsaw and the Austria in 1809, where he fought under General Józef Poniatowski with his own regiment. He won an important victory at the Battle of Raszyn and helped to recapture large areas that had been annexed to Austria, including Kraków 

In 1808 financing it entirely with his own funds he established the Duchy of Warsaw’s first horse artillery company in 1808, The unit included 50 soldiers, 70 horses, four cannons, eight ammunition wagons, a forge, and a spare carriage. He had received no money from his father's fortune so he used funds inherited from his mother to equip the artillery. The soldiers were easily recognizable by their dark green uniforms, fur bearskin caps, broadswords, and pistols.

Potocki’s dedication to Poland stood in contrast to that of his father, Szczęsny Potocki, who had opposed the democratizing reforms of King Stanisław II August Poniatowski and joined the Targowica Confederation in 1792 alongside other disaffected nobles and Catherine the Great. Włodzimierz, however, chose to fight for Polish independence on Poniatowski’s side.

Tragically, Potocki’s life was short. After arriving in Kraków in early 1812, he contracted typhus and died on March 8 of that year at just 23 years old—about a year and a half before Napoléon’s decisive confrontation with Russia and its allies at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. 

After his death, his wife commissioned a marble monument in his memory at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. Potocki was also awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari and the Legion of Honour.

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Count Włodzimierz Potocki of the Pilawa coat of arms & colonel of the horse artillery of the Duchy of Warsaw