Mikołaj Kamieniecki h.

Pilawa Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), 59 km southeast of Warsaw. Previously it was situated in Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). Transport Pilawa is an important railway junctio ...

(1460 – 15 April 1515) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) and the first Great

Hetman ( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...

of the Crown. Mikołaj was the oldest son of castellan of

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

Henryk Kamieniecki and Katarzyna Pieniążkówna. He was owner of Węglówka,

Kombornia Kombornia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korczyna, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Korczyna, east of Krosno, and south of the regional capital Rzesz ...

Wola Komborska Wola Komborska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korczyna, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Korczyna, north-east of Krosno, and south of the regional cap ...

, Jabłonica, Malinówka and the Kamieniec (ger. ''Erenberg'') castle in Odrzykoń. A trusted co-worker of King Jan I Olbracht and

Kazimierz Jagiellończyk Casimir IV (in full Casimir IV Andrew Jagiellon; pl, Kazimierz IV Andrzej Jagiellończyk ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447, until his death. He was one of the ...

. He became castellan of

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Prov ...

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...

of the Kraków Voivodship and was Great Hetman of the Crown from 1503 until 1515. Mikołaj defeated

Vlach "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easter ...

s in the Battle of Czerniowce during the Moldavian campaign in 1509 and

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in 1512 in the Battle of Łopuszno.

Marriage and issue

Mikołaj married Anna Tarnowska-Melsztyńska h.

Leliwa Leliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. The ...

in ca. 1480 but remained childless.

Bibliography

* ''Mikołaj Kamieniecki'', Polski Słownik Biograficzny, T. 11, s. 517

References

Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1460 births 1515 deaths Lublin Voivodes Mikolaj Great Crown Hetmans People from Krosno County {{Poland-noble-stub

Marriage and issue

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