Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489 – 1569) was a notable
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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magnate
The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...
, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built stone
Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of
Berezhany
Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...
has developed.
He is not to be confused with his descendant
Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski
Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski (1645–1683) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), military leader and politician.
Early life and family
He was the son of the starost of Lwów Adam Hieronim Sieniawski and Wiktoria Elżbieta Potocka, the daughter ...
, who was also a hetman in 1682 and 1683.
Since 1539 Mikołaj Sieniawski served as a
Field Hetman of the Crown and took part in most wars Poland was engaged in. Most notably he organized several successful raids to the area of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
. He took part in the battle of Obertyn in 1531, Under hetman
Jan Tarnowski
Jan Amor Tarnowski (Latin: Joannes Tarnovius; 1488 – 16 May 1561) was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was ...
, from whom he adopted the clan crest of
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 ...
. Between 1542 and 1553 he was also the
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 me ...
of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the adminis ...
, and after that time he rose to be a voivod of the
Ruthenian Voivodship
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown of ...
, one of the richest and most populous regions of
the Republic. In 1563 he was promoted to the rank of Grand Crown Hetman, that is the ''de facto'' commander in chief of the Polish army.
Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish soldiers
Field Crown Hetmans
Great Crown Hetmans
1480s births
1569 deaths
Mikolaj
Starost of Halych
Voivodes of the Ruthenian Voivodeship
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