Prokop Sieniawski (d. 9 January 1627 in

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) was a Polish

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Family

Prokop was son of Adam Hieronim Sieniawski and

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. His younger brother was Mikołaj. He married

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in 1623. They had two sons: Aleksander who died shortly after his father in 1627 as a 4-years old child, and Adam Hieronim Sieniawski.

Career

He was Royal

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from 1621 onward and Court Chorąży of the Crown after 1622. According to some older authors, Prokop Sieniawski died in 1626. Stanisław Kurosz in his letter to Krzysztof Radziwiłł from 27 January 1627 stated that Prokop Sieniawski died on 9 January 1627 in

. Funeral oration of Prokop Sieniawski was told by his friend Jakub Sobieski.

Footnotes

Bibliography

* 1600s births 1627 deaths 17th-century Polish people

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