Reached the rank of Lieutenant General (Feldmarschalleutnant) in Austrian-Hungarian Army; commander of Austrian Polish Legions in World War I from 23 September 1914 to December 1915.

In the years 1864-1868 he was a student in the Military School in Hranice (German: Mährisch Weißkirchen).

Until September 20, 1920, he commanded the General District "Warsaw"[8] and he was a member of War Council.

On 1 October 1920 he was appointed, by the Minister of Military Affairs general Kazimierz Sosnkowski, as the Inspector of Officers' Institutions.

[10] On 26 October 1923, the President of the Republic of Poland Stanisław Wojciechowski confirmed him at the rank of Lieutenant General.

He was married to Anna Edlbacher, with whom he had two daughters and two sons, officers of the Polish Army.