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Jan Tarło (1684–1750)
Jan Tarło (1684–1750) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) Jan became Colonel of the Crown Army and Podstoli of Crown in 1715, Lieutenant-General of the Crown Army in 1717, voivode of Lublin Voivodeship in 1719, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1736. Marshal of the Crown Tribunal and member of the Sejm. He was starost of Medyka, Sokal, Jasło and Grabowiec. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1736. He was the first husband of the much younger, Zofia Krasińska Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: *Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) *Maria Zofia Sieniawska *Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) * Zofia Branicka .... In his will, he left her the town of Opole. Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1684 births 1750 deaths Polish generals Jan Tarlo Recipients of the Order of the Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarło Family
image:POL COA Topór.svg, 220px, Topór coat of arms image:Jan Tarło.PNG, 200px, Jan Tarło (1684–1750) image:Alleged portrait of Adam Tarło.PNG, 200px, Alleged portrait of Adam Tarło (1713–1744) Tarło (Plural: Tarłowie) was a Polish magnates, magnate (szlachta) family. The seats of the family in the 16th century were, among others: Laszki Murowane near Chyrów, Sambir, Sambor, Dębowiec, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Dębowiec near Jasło, Samoklęski and Potok, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Potok near Krosno. Coat of arms The family used the Topór coat of arms. Notable members * Adam Tarło (1713–1744) – voivode of Lublin Voivodship, rotmistrz pancerny * Adam Tarło (1708–1772), Adam Tarło (1708–1772) – general * Adam Tarło (d. 1710), Adam Tarło (died 1710) – voivode of Smoleńsk Voivodship * Adam Tarło (d. 1719), Adam Tarło (died 1719) – voivode of Lublin Voividship * Andrzej Tarło (died 1531) – chorąży of Lwów * Anna Tarło – wife of Hieronim Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starost
The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. The Slavic root of starost translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has meant an official in a leadership position in a range of civic and social contexts throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In terms of a municipality, a ''starosta'' was historically a senior royal administrative official, equivalent to the County Sheriff or the outdated Seneschal, and analogous to a gubernator. In Poland, a ''starosta'' would administer crown territory or a delineated district called a '' starostwo''. In the early Middle Ages, the ''starosta'' could head a settled urban or rural community or other communities, such as a church starosta, or an ''artel'' starosta, etc. The starosta also functioned as the master of ceremonies. Poland Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750 Deaths
Year 175 ( CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 928 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 175 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Marcus Aurelius suppresses a revolt of Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria, after the latter proclaims himself emperor. * Avidius Cassius fails in seeking support for his rebellion and is assassinated by Roman officers. They send his head to Aurelius, who persuades the Senate to pardon Cassius's family. * Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina, is named Caesar. * M. Sattonius Iucundus, decurio in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, restores the Thermae of Coriovallum (modern Heerlen) there are sources that state this happen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – King Charles II of England gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. * January 15 (January 5 O.S.) - To demonstrate that the River Thames, frozen solid during the Great Frost that started in December, is safe to walk upon, "a Coach and six horses drove over the Thames for a wager" and within three days "whole streets of Booths are built on the Thames and thousands of people are continually walking thereon." Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet, records the events in his diary. * January 26 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge of Venice. * January – Edmond Halley, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke have a conversation in which Hooke later claimed not only to have derived the inverse-square law, but also all the laws of planetary motion attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. Hooke's claim is that in a letter to Newton on 6 January 1680, he first stated the inverse-square law. * Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Sejm Of The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a Club (organization), club or learned society See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generals Of The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of Opole County. Its built-up (or metro area) was home to 146,522 inhabitants. It is the smallest city in Poland that is also the largest city in its province. Its history dates to the 8th century, and Opole is one of the oldest cities in Poland. An important stronghold in Poland, it became a capital of a duchy within medieval Poland in 1172, and in 1217 it was granted city rights by Duke Casimir I of Opole, the great-grandson of Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. During the Medieval Period and the Renaissance, the city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Lubomirska
Zofia Lubomirska (1718 - 27 October 1790), was an independently wealthy Polish noblewoman, and landowner, known for her political involvement and philanthropy. Life She was born in the Sandomierz Voivodeship the daughter of Aleksander Krasiński (1690-1730) and his wife, Salomea Trzcińska. She married firstly Jan Tarło (d. 1750), who left her the town of Opole Lubelskie in his will. In 1754, she married the magnate, Antoni Lubomirski, with whom she was actively involved in state affairs. She reportedly persuaded Lubomirski to end his alliance with Austria and instead become a French agent by accepting an alliance with France. Both her first spouse and her brother, Stanisław, were pro-French. Enlightenment activist On finding out about it after the event, she opposed the marriage of her niece, Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska to Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, but relented having been persuaded by her husband and brother who saw it as an advancement, since Charles had pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The White Eagle (Poland)
The Order of the White Eagle ( pl, Order Orła Białego) is Poland's highest order awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits. It was officially instituted on 1 November 1705 by Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and bestowed on eight of his closest diplomatic and political supporters. It is one of the oldest distinctions in the world still in use. It is awarded to the most distinguished Poles and the highest-ranking representatives of foreign countries. The Order of the White Eagle is attached to a purple ribbon slung over the left shoulder to the right side. The star of the Order, once embroidered, is worn on the left side of the chest. History The badge of the Order of the White Eagle was originally a red enamel oval gold medal with an image of the Polish white eagle on its front side, and the royal cypher of Augustus II the Strong over crossed swords on its reverse side, worn on a light blue ribbon. The white eagle badge was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grabowiec, Zamość County
Grabowiec (; uk, Грабовець) is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Grabowiec. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a current population of 922. History Before the outbreak of the Holocaust, 2,356 Jews lived in Grabowiec. The Jewish population was quickly and violently rounded up for slave labor. After a while, the Germans evicted the Jews from their houses and concentrated them in a ghetto. Some 2,000 Jews were crowded into a few streetsa few families to each apartment. The Germans set up a labor camp from Grabowiec and employed workers from there and nearby towns. They appointed a ''Judenrat'' in the town, whose task it was to provide Jews for slave labor and to obey German orders. In November 1941, 50 Jews from Krakow arrived in the ghetto. During the autumn of 1941, the situation deteriorated, eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasło
Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesser Poland, in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 320 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. The Patron Saint of the city is Saint Anthony of Padua. History In the early days of Polish statehood, Jasło was part of the Castellany of Biecz, out of which ''Biecz County'' emerged in the 14th century. A list of rectories, created for collecting tithes, a church in "Jassel" in Zręcin deanery, Kraków diocese, is shown in 1328.Sulimierski, Filip, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Władysław Walewski. ''Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego I Innych Krajów Słowiańskich: Warszawa 1880-1902''. Translated by William F. "Fred" Hoffman. Warszawa: BUW. Sekcja Dok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokal
Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately History The first written mention of Sokal dates from 1377. In 1424, it received Magdeburg rights from Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, and in 1462, the town became part of Belz Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. On August 2, 1519, following the defeat of a Polish-Lithuanian army under Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski by Crimean Tatars, the town was razed by the invaders. Mikolaj Sep-Szarzynski later dedicated one of his poems to this battle. The town remained part of Poland until the first partition of Poland, when it was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Galicia. It was the capital of the Sokal district, one of the 78 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in the Austrian Galicia province (Crown land) in 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
