Jan Wilhelm Hiż (18th century) was a Polish military officer, colonel of the
Crown Guard (''Gwardia koronna'').
Biography
He was the son of Wilhelm Hiż, the secretary in the office managing royal goods (''kamera'') of kings
Jan III Sobieski,
August II
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and
August III; and Franciszka de Loupi; grandson of Jan Hiż, a treasurer in the service of
Maria Kazimiera Sobieska
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People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
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He had several siblings, some of whom also became military: Franciszek Hiż, a colonel of the Crown Guard; Piotr Hiż, captain of engineers; Józef Hiż, Warsaw
canon; and Wilhelm Hiż, Oberstleutant of the Crown Guard.
In 1764, Jan Wilhelm Hiż was among five members of the Hiż family that received nobility with the
Jeż coat of arms
Jeż (Polish for "Hedgehog") is a Polish coat of arms.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:
* Aleksander Lisowski, commander of Lisowczycy.
* Jan August Hiż
See also
* Polish heraldry
* Heraldic family
* List o ...
. He was an officer in the Crown Guard, where he was promoted to the rank of colonel.
He was married to Katarzyna de Mathy, with whom he had two daughters: Marianna Hiż (married to
Ignacy Łempicki, general of the
Crown Army),
Anna Hiż (married to Kacper Dąbkowski, colonel in the Sułkowski regiment), and four sons:
Jan August Hiż, major general of the Crown Army and a colonel of the Crown Guard; Antoni Hiż, captain of the Lithuanian infantry guard; Józef Hiż, regent of the Crown Treasury Committee, childless; Franciszek Hiż, General adjutant of the Military Commission of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also childless.
References
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Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Hiż family