Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz
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Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz (born 1607 in
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
– 20 November 1650) was a Polish–Lithuanian
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and politician. Crown
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from 1620, Crown Court
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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 and
Smolensk War The Smolensk War (1632–1634) was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia. Hostilities began in October 1632 when Russian forces tried to capture the city of Smolensk. Small military engagements produced mix ...
. At the same time he was one of the wealthiest, if not ''the'' wealthiest,
magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...
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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