Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski was born before 1620 at

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the eldest son of Nicholas George Czartoryski and Isabella Korecka. He obtained his

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in Rome and was

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to the priesthood. He was Secretary to King

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, in 1651, he was the

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and in 1655 become Bishop of Kuyavia. During the Swedish invasion (the

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) he took refuge with King

Jan Kazimierz John II Casimir ( pl, Jan II Kazimierz Waza; lt, Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 until his abdication in 1668 as well as titular King of Sweden from 1648 ...

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, where he stayed until July 1657. On 15 April 1673 after the death of

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Mikołaj Prażmowski Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski (1617 – 15 April 1673) was the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1666. He was Interrex from 1668 to 1669. He was born in Prażmów. He was bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is ent ...

he took over his office. He died on 15 May 1674 at

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, Poland.Volumina legum VIII
p. 546 f. 882. His nephew was

Jan Joachim Tarło Jan Joachim Tarło (born November 30, 1658, died August 13, 1732 in Vienna) was a Polish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poznań. He became ordained in 1719. He was appointed bishop in 1718. He died in 1732. Jan Joachim T ...

, bishop of Poznań.

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Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral List of Primates of Poland
Archbishops of Gniezno Bishops of Kujawy and Włocławek 1620 births 1674 deaths {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub