Jan Wejher (1580–1626) was a Polish nobleman, son of Ernest Wejher and Anna Mortęska. He held many offices and was an officer of the army in the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

and a courtier of the Polish king

Sigismund III Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

from the age of thirteen.

Military service and political activity

Wejher accompanied the King in his campaign to crush the rebellion of Duke Charles in Sweden. He fought in the victorious

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and was wounded in the

Battle of Stångebro The Battle of Stångebro, or the Battle of Linköping, took place at Linköping, Sweden, on 25 September 1598 (O.S.) and effectively ended the personal union between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, that had existed since 1592. ...

. He helped defend

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

from the

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in their raids in the early 17th century. From 1609 he was engaged in the Polish–Muscovite War. He was a Voivode of Malbork and

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Personal life

Wejher married to Anna Szczawińska, the daughter of the starost of

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; they had five sons and three daughters: Sons: *

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Ludwik Wejher Ludwik Wejher (died 1656) was a Polish nobleman, son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska. He was a colonel of the Polish army and held other offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He served in the Polish army during the wars of the 17t ...

* Jan Wejher (the younger) *

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Daughters: *Zofia Potulicka *Elżbieta Massalska *Zuzanna Wejher (entered a monastery)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wejher, Jan Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1580 births 1626 deaths People from Royal Prussia 16th-century Polish nobility Polish people of the Polish–Russian War (1609–1618) 17th-century Polish nobility

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