Andrzej Opaliński (1575–1623), of
Łodzia coat of arms
Łodzia (obsolete Polish for "boat") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A variant serves as the coat of arms of the city of Łódź (the city's name li ...
, was a
Polish–Lithuanian nobleman
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and Catholic priest.
Bishop of Poznań
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from 1607 till his death in 1623.
Son of the Great and Court Crown Marshal,
Andrzej Opaliński (1540–1593)
Andrzej Opaliński (1540–1593), of Łodzia coat of arms, was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Lithuanian szlachta, nobleman. Court Crown Marshal from 1572; Great Crown Marshal from 1574, starost of Greater Poland from 1598.
In 1575 ...
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Supporter of king
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
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Andrzej Opalinski (1575-1623)
1575 births
1623 deaths
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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