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Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki (1598–1636) was a Polish nobleman, ''koniuszy wielki koronny'' (i.e. ''High Royal Equerry'') from 1633, and starost of Krzemieniec. In 1631 after the death of Jerzy Zbaraski, he inherited Puławy.


Marriage and issue

Janusz married Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz on 19 September 1627 in Wilno, the daughter of
Voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
of Mścisław, Troki and Wilno Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa and had four children: * Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682), married Marianna Zamoyska h. Jelita, later Princess Teofila Ludwika Zasławska * Konstanty Krzysztof Wiśniowiecki (1633–1686), married Urszula Teresa Mniszech, daughter of castellan of Nowy Sącz Franciszek Bernard Mniszech, later Anna Chodorowska h. Korczak * Anna Wiśniowiecka * Barbara Katarzyna Wiśniowiecka


Legacy

Samuel Twardowski, a 17th-century Polish poet and writer, wrote an epic ''Książę Wiśniowiecki Janusz'' (or ''Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki''


Bibliography

* Ilona Czamańska: ''Wiśniowieccy. Monografia rodu''. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 2007, .


References

* 1598 births 1636 deaths Janusz Wisniowiecki {{Poland-noble-stub