Jan Daniłowicz (1570–1628) was a Polish

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voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

of the

Ruthenian Voivodeship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (lat. Leopolis) (modern day Lviv). Together with a number of ot ...

and grandfather of King Jan III Sobieski. He was voivode of the

Ruthenian Voivodship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (lat. Leopolis) (modern day Lviv). Together with a number of ot ...

since 1613,

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Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

since 1612, Great Krajczy of the Crown since 1600, Great Podczaszy of the Crown, łowczy of

Belz Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz urban hromada, one of ...

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of Belz, Busk, Korsuń and Chyhyryn. In his youth he fought with the

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. In 1594 he participated in the suppression of the

Nalyvaiko Uprising The Nalyvaiko Uprising (, ) was a Cossack rebellion against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Headed by Severyn Nalyvaiko, it lasted from 1594 to 1596. The second in a series of Cossack uprisings, the conflict was ultimately won by the Crown ...

. With his first wife Barbara Krasicka he had two daughters: * Katarzyna – wife of Andrzej Firlej * Marcjanna – wife of Stefan Koniecpolski In 1605 he married Zofia Żółkiewska the daughter of Great

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of the Crown

Stanisław Żółkiewski Stanisław Żółkiewski (; 1547 – 7 October 1620) was a Polish people, Polish szlachta, nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, a magnate, military commander, and Chancellor (Poland), Chancellor of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian C ...

and had four children: * Zofia Teofila – mother of

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

Jan III Sobieski * Stanisław (d. 1636) – killed by

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* Jan (b. 1613, d. 1618) * Dorota –

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Lwów Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

since 1640

Coat of arms

image:Polish coats of arms in Olesko castle entrance.PNG, Coat of arms of Jan Daniłowicz. Sas, Topór, Herburt and Korczak (from his mother Katarzyna Tarło h. Topór, and his grandmothers Katarzyna Odnowska h. Herburt, and Regina Malczycka h. Korczak) coats of arms in

Olesko Olesko (; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (oblast, region) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Po ...

castle main gate. image:OleskoZamekBrama.JPG, Main gate of the

Olesko Castle Olesko Castle (; ) is located within the borders of present-day Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion in Ukraine. The first historical records of the castle are in a document dated 1390, when Pope Boniface IX gave Olesko and fortress of Tu ...

Bibliography

* Kazimierz Lepszy, Jan Daniłowicz, In:

Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...

, Kraków 1938, Vol. IV, pp. 414-415.

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Olesko Castle
1628 deaths Jan Polish nobility Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1570 births {{Poland-noble-stub