Jan Henryk D%C4%85browski

Jan Henryk Dbrowski in German and Jean Henri Dombrowski in FrenchAugust 1755160June 1818 was a Polish general, widely respected after his death for his patriotic attitude, and described as a national hero.

Dbrowski was born to Jan Micha Dbrowski and Zofia Maria Dbrowska, ne Sophie von Lettow, in Pierzchw, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, onAugust 1755. He grew up in Hoyerswerda, Electorate of Saxony, where his father served as a Colonel in the Saxon Army. He joined the Royal Saxon Horse Guards in 1770 or 1771. His family was of Polish origin. Nonetheless, in his childhood and youth he grew up surrounded by German culture in Saxony, and signed his name as Johann Heinrich Dbrowski. He fought in the War of the Bavarian Succession , during which time his father died. Shortly afterward in 1780 he married Gustawa Rackel. He lived in Dresden, and steadily progressed through ranks, becoming a Rittmeister in 1789. He served as Adjutant general of King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony from 1788 to 1791.

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