Greater Poland Uprising (1806)
| Greater Poland uprising of 1806 | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||||
Entrance of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski to Poznań painted by Jan Gładysz | |||||||||
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French Empire
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Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire | ||||||||
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Napoléon Bonaparte Jan Dąbrowski Józef Poniatowski |
Frederick William III Levin August von Bennigsen | ||||||||
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Unknown French soldiers c. 23,000 Polish soldiers Unknown Pospolite ruszenie | |||||||||
Greater Poland uprising of 1806 was a Polish military insurrection which occurred in the region of Wielkopolska, also known as Greater Poland, against the occupying Prussian forces after the Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1772–1795).
The uprising was organized by General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski to help advancing French forces under Napoleon in liberating Poland from Prussian occupation. The Wielkopolska Uprising was a decisive factor that allowed the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807) and the inclusion of Wielkopolska in the Duchy of Warsaw.