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Archiwum Księcia Ludwika Gruna Hessen-Homburga jako źródło do dziejów polskiej wojny sukcesyjnej w latach 1734–1735

2017

The article discusses part of the archival legacy of Ludwig Gruno prince of Hesse-Homburg. Born in 1705, he was one of the youngest sons of Frederick III James, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and spent all his adult life in Russia. He got involved in the military career, achieving the highest military degree of field marshal, and in 1735, he became general feldcejchmajster and head of the Main Chancery of the Artillery, thus becoming the commander of the whole Russian artillery. He was many times rewarded for his services, both materially and with the most important Polish and Russian orders. His career was hampered by conflicts with other commanders of the Russian army, and in 1745, his prema…