Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Military person
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈxɛnrɨk dɔmˈbrɔfskʲi]; also known as Johann Heinrich Dąbrowski (Dombrowski) in German and Jean Henri Dombrowski in French; 29 August 1755 – 6 June 1818) was a Polish general, widely respected after his death for his patriotic attitude, and described as a national hero.Dąbrowski initially served in the Saxon Army and joined the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army in 1792, shortly before the Second Partition of Poland. He was promoted to the rank of general in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. After the final Third Partition of Poland, which ended the existence of Poland as independent country, he became actively involved in promoting the cause of Polish independence abroad. He was the founder of the Polish Legions in Italy serving under Napoleon since 1797, and as a general in Italian and French service he contributed to the brief restoration of the Polish state during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806. He participated in Napoleonic Wars, taking part in the Polish-Austrian war and the French invasion of Russia until 1813. After Napoleon's defeat, he accepted a senatorial position in the Russian-backed Congress Poland, and was one of the organizers of the Army of Congress Poland.The Polish national anthem, Poland Is Not Yet Lost, written and first sung by the Polish legionnaires, mentions Dąbrowski by name, and is also known as Dąbrowski's Mazurka.
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| allegiance | 22px Electorate of Saxony (1770–1791) 22px Grand Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1816) Cisalpine Republic (1796–1803) Italian Republic 22px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1791–1794) |
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| service start | 1770 |
| service end | 1816 |