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50: 74: 299: 83: 36: 324: 285: 485: 708: 702: 338: 82: 646: 49: 524:), the register of Polish state documents, acts and letters from as far back as the 1400s, thereby drawing continuity between the Confederation and the partitioned kingdom. 506:). Members included: Bishop Jan Klemens Gołaszewski, Kajetan Koźmian, Aleksander Linowski, Antoni Ostrowski, Bishop Karol Skórkowski, Fryderyk Skórzewski, Franciszek Wężyk, 650: 816: 533: 811: 35: 821: 464: 571: 447:
of the same year. He had consulted the issue with Tadeusz Matuszewicz, the treasury minister. In bringing the plans to life, the king of
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was appointed marshal of the Confederation. Executive power was granted to a body called "General Council of the Confederation" (
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The Confederation effectively sought to bring back the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including its
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and the Russian occupation of the Duchy, the Confederation's accomplishments were rendered null in practice.
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figured as a liberating force, when entering the territories that had been lost to Russia.
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Constitutions, Elections, and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993: A Guide to Their History
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was intended to strengthen the alliance in the war against Russia. And by doing so, the
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The territories of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland, including the
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In the face of the occupation of Poland by Russian forces, starting with the
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Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, the Marshal of the General Confederation
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Napoleon came forward with the plan to create the Confederation in
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The newly renamed state laid claim to the territory annexed by the
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and colours, white-crimson. (The latter had been last used by the
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and the Polish political elite on the onset of Napoleon's
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Konfederacja Generalna i pospolite ruszenie w roku 1812
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Flag of General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland
Military banner
Coat of arms of General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland
Coat of arms
Seal

The territories of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland, including the Duchy of Warsaw, and the Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission, at their territorial peak in 1812.
Duchy of Warsaw
Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission
Warsaw
Polish
French
German
Lithuanian
Belarusian
Demonym(s)
Polish
Constitutional monarchy
King
Frederick Augustus I
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
Złoty
Duchy of Warsaw
Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission
Duchy of Warsaw
Russian Empire
Lithuania
Belarus
Poland
Polish

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