Giuseppe Federico Palombini

Giuseppe Federico Palombini
Giuseppe Federico Palombini
	Joseph Friedrich von Palombini; Giuseppe Federico Palombini
Born	3 December 1774; Rome, Italy
Died	25 April 1850 (aged 75); Grochowice (Grochwitz), Prussia
Allegiance	Cisalpine Republic; Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy; Austrian Empire
Service/branch	Cavalry, Infantry
Years of service	1796–1802; 1802–1814; 1814–1824
Rank	General of Division; Feldmarschall-Leutnant
Battles/wars	War of the First Coalition Battle of Faenza (1797); ; War of the Second Coalition Siege of Ancona (1799); ; War of the Fourth Coalition Siege of Kolberg (1807); Siege of Stralsund (1807); ; Peninsular War Siege of Roses (1808); Battle of Cardadeu (1808); Battle of Molins de Rei (1808); Battle of Valls (1809); Third Siege of Gerona (1809); Battle of El Pla (1811); Siege of Tarragona (1811); Battle of Saguntum (1811); Siege of Valencia (1812); Capture of Castro Urdiales (1813); ; War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Cerknica (1813); Clash at Peschiera del Garda (1814); ;
Awards	Order of the Iron Crown, 1806; Légion d'Honneur, 1810; Order of the Red Eagle, 1846
Other work	Baron of the Empire, 1811

Giuseppe Federico Palombini or Joseph Friedrich von Palombini (3 December 1774 – 25 April 1850) became an Italian division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He joined the army of the Cispadane Republic in 1796 and fought at Faenza in 1797. He became commander of a dragoon regiment in 1798. He became commander of the Napoleone Dragoons, of the Cisalpine Republic army, in 1802. He fought as an ally of the French at Kolberg and Stralsund in 1807. He married the daughter of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (Dombrowski) in 1806.

Transferred to Spain, he fought in Domenico Pino's division at Roses, Cardadeu, Molins de Rei, Valls and Gerona and was promoted general of brigade in 1809. He led a brigade at El Pla and Tarragona in 1811 and was promoted general of division. He led his division at Saguntum, Valencia and Castro Urdiales in 1811–1813. Transferring to Italy, he fought at Cerknica in 1813 and Peschiera del Garda in 1814. After collapse of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1814, he joined the army of the Austrian Empire, becoming a Feldmarschall-Leutnant. He became the Inhaber (proprietor) of the 36th Line Infantry Regiment in 1817. He retired in 1824 and died in 1850 at his wife's castle in Grochwitz near Herzberg (Elster).

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