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:
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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
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1598 births
1636 deaths
Janusz Wisniowiecki
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