Robert Lamezan de Salins Robert Lamezan de Salins ( 1869 – 1930 ; also known as Robert Graf von Lamezan - Salins while in Austrian service ) was a Polish and Austro - Hungarian military officer . An heir to a mighty Austro - Hungarian family of distant French roots ( his ancestors came to Austria in 1709 ) , Robert Franz Lamezan - Salins was born August 14 , 1869 in Mödling near Vienna to Eduard Graf Lamezan - Salins , a notable statesman and lawyer , president of district court for Vienna and founder of Austrian Olympic Committee . His grandfather was another Austrian general , Anton Graf von Lamezan - Salins . In 1890 Robert Lamezan - Salins joined the Austro - Hungarian Army and initially served as an NCO in the 6th Dragoon Regiment . Stationed in predominantly Polish Galicia , in 1903 he married Irena Countess Wolańska of Przyjaciel , heiress of a Polish aristocratic family . He graduated from the General Staff Academy and rose to the rank of Lt . Colonel ( " Oberstleutnant " ) in 1911 . Promoted to full Colonel at the outbreak of the Great War , he served as a commanding officer of a cavalry regiment and then cavalry brigade . Following the end of World War I and the dissolution of Austria - Hungary , in December 1918 he joined the Polish Army and was accepted in the rank of Brigadier General . Although officially in active service , initially he served as a diplomat , heading Polish military missions to Bucharest ( where he negotiated the return of Rumanian - held region of Pokutia to Poland ) and Berlin , and as a liaison to Inter - Allied Military Mission to Eastern Lesser Poland during the Polish - Ukrainian War . Following his return from Berlin in December 1919 he briefly served as the commanding officer of 12th Infantry Division , but was dismissed already in January 1920 and headed the Polish military mission charged with taking - over of the region of Pomerania from German administration . In this capacity he took part in Poland ' s Wedding to the Sea ceremony . In March 1920 he became the commanding officer of the Lwów Corps Area ( military administration of the city of Lwów and its region ) and in August and September of that year he briefly commanded the entire South - Western Front of the Polish Army , as well as the 6th Army . Due to health problems he was dismissed from service in August 1921 and the following year he was honourably discharged . He briefly returned to active duty in 1923 , but was again discharged in 1926 . According to his post - war evaluation by Marshal Józef Piłsudski , was a mediocre commander at best . " Completely inept at operational level in my honest opinion . His command would always be very , very bad . In dire need he could be used as a corps commanding officer , but - God forbid - not in Galicia , where he would instantly become victim of his numerous friends , colleagues and relatives . Easy - going , he is best used in diplomatic missions , but rather those , where observation rather than action or character are needed " . He settled in his family ' s manor in Świrz near Przemyślany . He died in Lwów November 29 , 1930 . A couple of months prior to his death his daughter Irena married another Polish military officer , Tadeusz Komorowski , who later became the Commander - in - Chief of Polish Armed Forces .