Adam Kisiel also Adam Kysil, ( pl, Adam Kisiel ; 1580 or 1600-1653) was a
Ruthenian nobleman, the
Voivode of Kyiv (1649-1653) and castellan or voivode of
Czernihów (1639-1646). Kisiel has become better known for his mediation during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising.
Family
Adam Kisiel was a member of the noble family Kisiel, which used its own coat of arms, sometime called Światołdycz.
They were a Ruthenian family, originally from
Volyn
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...
. His grandfather, Gniewosz Kisiel, was a colonel in the service of the Polish king
Sigismund I the Old, and lost his life in the
battle of Orsza.
His father, Grzegorz, was a ''
podsędek'' of Włodzimierz.
He signed his name as Kisiel Niskinicki.
[ Adam's brother was Mikołaj Kisiel (d. 1651), a ]chorąży
Standard-bearer ( Polish: ''Chorąży'' ; Russian and Ukrainian: , ''khorunzhiy''; ; ) is a military rank in Poland, Ukraine and some neighboring countries. A ''chorąży'' was once a knight who bore an ensign, the emblem of an armed troops, a voi ...
of Nowogród Siewierski.[ Adam Kisiel was married to Anastazja Krystyna Bohuszewicz. She was probably a daughter of Filion Bohuszewicz Hulkiewicz, widow after Butowicz. The couple was childless.][ Adam Kisiel described himself as a Polish noble (''Jestem szlachcic polski'', literally: I am a Polish noble).
]
Life
Adam Kisiel according to the older historiography was born around 1580. After Tadeusz Jan Lubomirski in 1905 published his work ''Adam Kisiel wojewoda kijowski'', where is contained information that on the grave inscription of Adam Kisiel is mentioned that he died as 53 years old, historians stated that he was born in 1600.[
Kisiel was baptized into the ]Eastern Orthodox
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Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...
faith. He was educated in Zamojski Academy
The Zamoyski Academy ( pl, Akademia Zamojska; la, Hippaeum Zamoscianum) 1594–1784) was an academy founded in 1594 by Polish Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski."''Akademia Zamojska''" ("Zamojski Academy"), '' Encyklopedia Polski'', p. 13. It was th ...
[ in spirit of humanism and tolerance.
Adam Kisiel fought under the order of ]Stanisław Żółkiewski
Stanisław Żółkiewski (; 1547 – 7 October 1620) was a Polish nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, magnate, military commander and a chancellor of the Polish crown of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, who took part in many campaigns ...
since 1617 to 1620.[ He fought in the battle of Cecora (1620) and in the battle of Chocim (1621).][
Kisiel persuaded king ]Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa; lt, Vladislovas Vaza; sv, Vladislav IV av Polen; rus, Владислав IV Ваза, r=Vladislav IV Vaza; la, Ladislaus IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of ...
to reinstate the Orthodox hierarchy and he acted as an intermediary between the Royal Court, General Sejm
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...
, and Cossacks.[
]
He was a mediator in the 1637 Pavlyuk Uprising. Afterwards he was responsible for the conscription of 5,000 Registered Cossacks
Registered Cossacks (, , pl, Kozacy rejestrowi) comprised special Cossack units of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Registered Cossacks became a military formation of the Commonwealth army beginni ...
. Kisiel was also appointed as the Voivode of Bratslav in 1647.
During the Khmelnytsky Uprising he was one of the most prominent members of the negotiations and pro-Cossack factions among the szlachta. In the very beginning of the Uprising he sent an Eastern Orthodox monk, Petroni Łaska, to try to calm down the Cossacks and begin negotiations. The Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
resolution of 22 July 1648 chose him, Aleksander Sielski, podkomorzy poznański, Franicszek Dubrawski, podkomorzy przemyski and Teodor Obuchowicz, podkomorzy mozyrski, to negotiate with Khmelnytsky. The negotiations ended in failure by February 1649.
Adam Kisiel died on 3 May 1653.[
]
See also
* Cassian Sakowicz
References
Sources
* Frank Sysyn
Frank E. Sysyn ( uk, Франк Сисин, 27 December 1946 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American historian of Ukrainian origin. His grandmother was from Ukraine.
He graduated from Princeton University (1968), the University of London (1969), ...
Between Poland and the Ukraine: The Dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600-1653
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Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Poland
People from Volyn Oblast
People from Volhynian Voivodeship
16th-century births
1653 deaths
Year of birth uncertain