Szymon (Symon) Samuel Sanguszko (before 1592 – November 1638) was a noble of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was castellan of
Mścisław from 1620 and
Voivode of Mińsk
, la, Palatinatus Minscensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566Stanisław Kutrzeba: Historia ustroju Polski w zarysie, Tom drugi: Litwa. Lwów i Warszawa: 1921, s. 88. and later in Pol ...
, later, from 1626 or 1629
voivode of Witebsk
Vitebsk Voivodeship ( be, Віцебскае ваяводзтва, pl, Województwo witebskie, la, Palatinatus Vitebsciensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithu ...
.
He was raised by the
Sapieha
The House of Sapieha (; be, Сапега, ''Sapieha''; lt, Sapiega) is a Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate family of Lithuanian and Ruthenian origin,Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі" descending from the med ...
family, including
Lew Sapieha. Due to those connections he quickly gained political connections. In 1620 he becomes the marshal of
Orsza
Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers.
History
Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
and castellan of Mścisław. He took part in the
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18) where he fought near Moscow, and he fought in the
Polish–Swedish War. He was an
envoy to Moscow at some point.
First of the
Sanguszko
150px, Paweł Karol Sanguszko
150px, Dymitr Sanguszko
150px, Roman Sanguszko
150px, Janusz Sanguszko
150px, Hieronim Sanguszko
150px, Barbara Sanguszko née Dunin
150px, Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
150px, Władysław Hieronim Sanguszko
150p ...
family to convert from
Eastern Orthodox to
Catholicism, he supported conversions to Catholicism among his subjects. Possibly a minor writer in his times, he was considered a well-educated and an amateur artist.
Son of
Andrzej Sanguszk and Zofia Sapieha (Sapieżanka). Married
Anna Zawiszanka in 1606, they had three sons and five daughters. After her death he married
Helena z Gosiewskich
Helena may refer to:
People
*Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer
*Helena, mother of Constantine I
Places
Greece
* Helena (island)
Guyana
* ...
. Father of Kazimierz Sanguszko (died in 1655 war with Muscovy),
Hieronim Sanguszko (
bishop of Smoleńsk
Bishops of Smolensk were the Catholic bishops of Smolensk diocese (formed in 1611, mostly liquidated in 1667, finally liquidated in 1809).{{clarify, date=November 2022
Diocesan bishops
*Piotr Parczewski 1636–1649
* Franciszek Dołmat Isajkows ...
) and
Jan Władyslaw Sanguszko
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
-Lubartowicz, military officer (
rotmistrz and
pułkownik
''Polkovnik'' (russian: полковник, lit=regimentary; pl, pułkownik) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandin ...
of
Winged Hussars) who continued the Sanguszko line.
Sources
*''The Golden Horde: The Encyclopedia.'' The 3 tons / red. GP Pasha and others. Volume 2: Cadet Corps – Jackiewicz. – Minsk: ''Belarusian Encyclopedia'', 2005. – 788 s.: Il. .
References
Sanguszko family
16th-century births
1638 deaths
Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Former Polish Orthodox Christians
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy
Polish Roman Catholics
Szymon Samuel
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