ssions
of the Constable de Bourbon, was granted in 1527 to the queen-mother,
Louise of Savoy, and after her death was held successively by kings
Francis I., Henry II. and Francis II., and by Catherine de' Medici. In
1561 it was granted to Louis, duke of Bourbon-Montpensier, by whose
descendants it was held till, in 1682, "Mademoiselle," the duchess of
Montpensier, gave it to Louis XIV.'s bastard, the duke of Maine, as part
of the price for the release of her lover Lauzun. The eldest son of the
duke of Maine, Louis Auguste de Bourbon (1700-1755), prince of Dombes,
served in the army of Prince Eugene against the Turks (1717), took part
in the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1734), and in that of the
Austrian Succession (1742-1747). He was made colonel-general of the
Swiss regiment, governor of Languedoc and master of the hounds of
France. He was succeeded, as prince of Dombes, by his brother the count
of Eu (q.v.), who in 1762 surrendered the principality to the crown. The
little principality of Dombes showed in some respects signs of a
vigorous life; the prince's mint and printing works at Trevoux were long
famous, and the college at Thoissey was well endowed and influential.

See A. M. H. J. Stokvis, _Manuel d'histoire_ (Leiden, 1889);
Guichenon, _Histoire de Dombes_ (1863, 1872); and various works by M.
C. Guigue, including _Bibliotheca Dumbensis_ (with Valentin Smith)
(1856-1885).

DOMBROWSKI, JAN HENRYK (1755-1818), Polish general, was born at
Pierszowice in the palatinate of Cracow, on the 29th of August 1755.
Brought up in Saxony, he served for some years in the Saxon army; but
when, in 1791, the Polish diet recalled all Poles serving abroad, he
returned to his native land. Under Poniatowski, he took part in the
campaign of 1792 against the Russians. In 1794 he distinguished himself
under Kosciusko in the defence of Warsaw. For two years thereafter he
lived in retirement, declining the offers of high ranks in their armies
made to him by Russia and Prussia. He then went to Paris, and in January
1797 was authorized by the government of the Cisalpine Republic to
organize a Polish legion. This task he executed at Milan. In command of
his legion he played an important part in the war in Italy, entered Rome
in May 1798, and distinguished himself greatly at the Trebbia (June 19,
1799), and in other battles and combats of 1799-1801. After the peace of
Amiens he passed, as general of division, into the ser