Ludwik Kicki (1791-1831) joined the army of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, distinguished himself in the Battle of Raszyn in 1809, took part in the battles for Sandomierz and the liberation of Lviv. On October 18, 1809, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari Order. Appointed colonel in the general staff, and in 1811 he became adjutant of Fr. Józef Poniatowski. In 1812 he joined the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland. In the Russian campaign of 1812, he distinguished himself in the battles of Smolensk, at Borodino and Vinkovo, where he and Kamieniecki rescued Poniatowski, who was beset by the Cossacks, and at the Berezina River, where Polish forces stopped the Russian attack, saving Napoleon from final defeat. In the battle of Leipzig he accompanied Fr. Józef, until the wounded man fell off his horse. He served in the army of the Kingdom of Poland as adjutant of Grand Duke Constantine. On March 16, 1821, he left the army at his own request. After the outbreak of the November Uprising, he re-entered the army as the commander of a mounted rifle regiment. In February 1831, he was appointed division general. He became the plenipotentiary of the Provisional Government, occupied Modlin, and commanded the defense of the left bank of the Vistula. As the commander of a cavalry brigade, he distinguished himself in the battles of Białołęka, Grochów, Wawer, Dębe Wielkie, Iganie, and participated in the expedition to Siedlce. He died during a cavalry charge in the Battle of Ostrołęka.