Jarosław Dąbrowski

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Jarosław: Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło (November 13, 1836 – May 23, 1871) was a Polish general. Dąbrowski was born in Zhytomyr, currently part of Ukraine. He was the offspring of the old Polish gentry/noble (szlachta) family Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło. He bore the Radwan Coat of Arms. His father was Wiktor Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło. His mother was Zofia z Falkenhagen-Zaleska.

He became an officer in the Russian army. He was arrested on August 14, 1862, and imprisoned for his participation in a plot against the Tsar, Alexander II. He escaped and emigrated to France in 1865. In 1871 he became the Commander-in-Chief of the defense of the French Paris Commune. He was killed on the barricades. The European-wide revulsion regarding the Paris Commune was so great that Dąbrowski's two sons were compelled to suicide, and his brother driven to crime in exile.

Although related, he should not be confused with Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, after which the Polish national anthem named Mazurek Dąbrowskiego has been named.