Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz (born 1607 in
Vilnius
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– 20 November 1650) was a
Polish–Lithuanian noble
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and politician. Crown
Podstoli
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from 1620, Crown Court
Treasurer
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from 1627, and from 1632, Grand Crown Treasurer.
He was the son of
Mikołaj Daniłowicz, Grand Crown Treasurer from 1617 to 1624.
Known as a skillful administrator and commended for the ability to gather funds for the
Polish-Swedish wars
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and
Smolensk War
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. At the same time he was one of the wealthiest, if not ''the'' wealthiest,
magnate
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s in the Commonwealth.
He married Sophie Tęczyńską, the daughter of
Gabriel Tęczyński. He died without issue.
1607 births
1650 deaths
Politicians from Vilnius
Polish nobility
Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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