Aleksander Koniecpolski (1555–1609)
Appearance
Aleksander Koniecpolski | |
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Coat of arms | Pobóg |
Born | 1555 |
Died | 1609 |
Family | Koniecpolski |
Wife | Anna Sroczycka |
Issue | Stanisław Koniecpolski Krzysztof Koniecpolski Remigiush Koniecpolski Jan Koniecpolski Przedbor Koniecpolski |
Father | Stanisław Przedbór Koniecpolski |
Mother | Elżbieta Ligozianka |
Aleksander Koniecpolski (1555–1609[1]) was a voivode (palatine) of Sieradz, a staunch supporter of king Sigismund III Vasa of the House of Vasa.
He was the son of Stanisław Przedbór Koniecpolski and Elżbieta Ligzianka (relative of hetman Jan Tarnowski)[2]. His wife was Anna Sroczycka, daughter of Stanisław Sroczycki, voivode of Kamieniec. This marriage brought into the Koniecpolscy family large estates at Podolia.
He had six children:
- Stanisław Koniecpolski, the great and famous hetman, voivode of Sandomierz and semi-official 'viceroy of Ukraine'
- Krzysztof Koniecpolski (chorąży koronny, voivode of Belz from 1641)
- Remigiusz Koniecpolski, bishop of Chełm (died in 1640)
- Jan Koniecpolski (castellan and voivode of Sieradz)
- Przedbor Koniecpolski (died in 1611)
- Anna Aleksandra Koniecpolska (died in 1651), married to Kasper Doenhoff (1588–1645). She was a great-grandmother of king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland.
References
[edit]- ^ Starczewski, Eugenjusz (1914). Możnowładztwo polskie na tle dziejów: Do końca XVII w (in Polish). Nakł. Gebethnera i Wolffa. p. 315. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Aleksander Koniecpolski h. Pobóg". www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
Categories:
- 1555 births
- 1609 deaths
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism
- Koniecpolski family
- Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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- Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Polish people of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory
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