Jan Firlej (c. 1521,
Dąbrowica, Lublin County
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Lublin is the ninth- ...
– 1574,
Kock) was a Polish nobleman (
szlachcic
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), and
Calvinist activist.
Jan became Great
Marshal
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of the Crown in 1563 and
starost
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of
Kraków in 1572. He agreed with the candidature of
Henryk Walezy for the Polish throne only on the condition that Henryk signing the
Henrican articles.
Voivode of
Bełz
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,
Lublin
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and Kraków.
Around 1555 he founded a Calvinist church in
Kock, and build a family residence there.
Kock - historia miasta
References
1521 births
1574 deaths
People from Lublin County
Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Polish nobility
Marshals of Poland
Jan
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