Cyprian Godebski was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 poet, novelist, father of Franciszek Ksawery

Franciszek Ksawery Godebski

Franciszek Ksawery Godebski was a Polish writer and publicist.He was born in Frankenthal. Cyprian Godebski was his father, and Dobrogost his pseudonym....

. An outstanding poet of the so-called "Legions Poetry".

Life

Cyprian served in the Polish Legions from 1798 until 1801. In 1803–1806 he became, together with Ksawery Kossecki, publisher and editor of the "Zabawy Przyjemne i Pozyteczne" almanach. From 1805 he was a member of the Friends of Science Society. In 1806 Cyprian joined the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw

Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...

; he had become disillusioned with the policy of Napoleon towards Poland. He died in the Battle of Raszyn

Battle of Raszyn (1809)

The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on April 19, 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw as a part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian army was defeated....

 in 1809.

See also

• Misia Sert
  Misia Sert
  Misia Sert was a pianist of Polish descent who hosted an artistic salon in Paris...
  
  , pianist, daughter of Cyprian Godebski