Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński (23 June 1654–17 October 1709) was a Polish-Lithuanian

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and governor-general of the

Duchy of Samogitia The Duchy of Samogitia ( lt, Žemaičių seniūnija, sgs, Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, pl, Księstwo żmudzkie)Grzegorz Błaszczyk, ''Żmudź w XVII i XVIII wieku: zaludnienie i struktura społeczna'', Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Pozn ...

from 1698. He was the fourth and youngest son of

Jan Jacek Ogiński Jan Jacek Ogiński ( lt, Jonas Jackus Oginskis) (1619 - 24 February 1684, Krakow) was a nobleman, commander and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also known as Jan Samuelewicz Ogiński. He served as hetman of Lithuania from 1682 ...

, also a hetman. Ogiński was one of the leaders of the uprising against the

Sapieha The House of Sapieha (; be, Сапега, ''Sapieha''; lt, Sapiega) is a Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate family of Lithuanian and Ruthenian origin,Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі" descending from the med ...

Lithuanian magnates. He was successful in the Lithuanian Civil War which culminated in the Battle of Valkininkai on 18 November 1700. After the battle, Michał Franciszek Sapieha the main leader of the Sapieha faction, as well as many other members of the family and its supporters, were murdered by a drunken mob of

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...

. Ogiński was a supporter and close associate of King

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as Ki ...

. He was made the

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on 20 November 1703 and in 1709 the

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. He was made Knight of the Order of the White Eagle in 1705. His father was

(died 1684), also a Hetman. He was married to Teofila Czartoryska and had a son, Kazimierz Marcjan Ogiński (died 1727) and a daughter Elżbieta Magdalena Ogińska. He died in

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in 1709.

References

1654 births Place of birth missing 1709 deaths Lithuanian politicians Samogitian people Grzegorz Polish people of the Great Northern War Field Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Great Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Elders of Samogitia Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) {{Lithuania-noble-stub