Talk:Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

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Jan Henryk Dombrowski (1755-1818) was born in Pierszowice in the District of Cracow. He took part in the Polish campaigns against Russia and Prussia. Following the defeat of the Poles in 1794, he went to France in 1796 where the Directory commissioned him to form a Polish legion composed of exiled Poles.

Dombrowski exhibited remarkable military abilities in the Italian campaign of 1799-1800. In 1806, Napoleon ordered him to summon his countrymen to arms. He commanded troops under Napoleon until Napoleon met his defeat. Dombrowski fought in battles at Dirschau, Friedland, Teltow, Grossbeeren, Jüterbog, andLeipzig.

Dombrowski returned to Poland after the fall of Napoleon. Emperor Alexander I appointed him a general and a Senator in 1815, but Dombrowski resigned in 1816. He died on June 6, 1818.

Merge
This article should probably be merged with Jan Henryk Dombrowski. Appleseed 19:07, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

The surname Dąbrowski
There are a lot of Polish noble families with surname Dąbrowski, so is easy to confuse them.

Dąbrowski h. Abdank, Bawola Głowa, Cholewa, Dąbrowa, Dołęga, Drogosław, Godziemba, Grabie, Hołobok, Jastrzębiec, Jelita, Junosza, Korab, Korczak, Kuszaba, Leliwa, Lew, Lubicz, Nałęcz, Nieczuja, Ogończyk, Ossorya, Pierzcha, Pobóg, Poraj, Przerowa, Radwan, Rawicz, Rola, Sas, Ślepowron, Szeliga, Trzy Gwiazdy, Warnia, Zabawa, Zagłoba, Własne.
 * Tadeusz Gajl's work

Even worst, there are Herb Dąbrowski, Herb Dąbrowski I and Herb Dąbrowski II... all of them may be considered as Własne. Please, check the sources. It seems Jan Henryk Dąbrowski is herbem własnego and his Coat of arms is Image:Herb--dabrowski--boniecki.PNG, according to Adam Boniecki, "Herbarz Polski" (Warszawa, POLSKA: Gebethner i Wolff w Warszawie, 1901), Volume IV, page 124. and this drawing is hard to be considered as odmiana herbu szlacheckiego Dołęga, Image:HerbDolega.svg.

--Gustavo 09:24, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Place of death
If this is the right Winnogóra, it wasn't in Congress Poland but in the Prussian Grand Duchy of Posen. I changed it accordingly. HerkusMonte (talk) 07:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

B-class review
For WP:POLAND: failed, due to insufficient inline citations. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:17, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Now passed, per milhist review. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:49, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

German name
Re: and. I agree, through PSB notes that during his time in the Saxon army he is known to have signed his name as Johann Heinrich z Panną Dąbrowski. I am not sure how to interpret the "z Panną", but PSB, as a source, suggest he used Germanized first names, but Polish second name (with a diacritic). Interesting curio. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 10:15, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Dąbrowski grew up in German-speaking Hoyerswerder and served in the German-speaking Army of Saxony. For at least 37 years of his life he was known under his German name ("ą" is unknown to Germans) . But this simple fact seems to be completely unacceptable for some, HerkusMonte (talk) 15:10, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Your claim aside, a referenced source - PSB - clearly states that the name used was, as I said above, "Johann Heinrich z Panną Dąbrowski". --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:51, 12 October 2013 (UTC)