Count Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski (1 January 1537 – 1 April 1567) was a Polish nobleman (
szlachcic),
Leliwa coat of arms. Son of
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 ...
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 th ...
and Zofia née Szydłowiecka. He was married to
Zofia Odrowąż
Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman.
She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and only daughter of Anna of Masovia, last Masovian duchess of the Piast dynasty, and became the widow of the castellan of ...
since 1555, but had no issue.
He was educated in the worldly affairs at the court of
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I ( es, Fernando I; 10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Hungary, and List of rulers of Croatia, Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1 ...
, at his father's great expense claimed Orzechowski.
He was owner of
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnà ...
,
Wiewiórka,
Przeworsk,
Rożnów and
Stare Sioło.
Secretary of King
Sigismund II Augustus since 1554, held offices of
castellan
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of
Wojnicz,
starost of
Sandomierz,
Stryj and
Dolina. Poor health disallowed Jan Krzysztof to have a substantial career in the military, Niesiecki said: ''King was shoving a lesser military command to him during the Muscovy war (
Northern Seven Years' War), but his health weak due to consumption prevented him from achieving knightly deeds.'
Died prematurely, most likely to the ravages of
tuberculosis
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, and was buried next to his father,
Piotr Skarga presided over his funeral at Tarnów.
On his person ended the Tarnów line of the Tarnowski family clan.
Poet
Jan Kochanowski dedicated his poem ''
Chess
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'' to him.
References
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Kasper Niesiecki,''Polish Armorial'' - "Korona Polska przy złotey wolnosci starożytnemi Rycerstwa Polskiego y Wielkiego Xięstwa Litewskiego kleynotami naywyższymi Honorami Heroicznym, Męstwem y odwagą, Wytworną Nauką a naypierwey Cnotą, nauką Pobożnością, y Swiątobliwością ozdobiona Potomnym zaś wiekom na zaszczyt y nieśmiertelną sławę Pamiętnych w tey Oyczyźnie Synow podana TOM ... Przez X. Kaspra Niesieckego Societatis Jesu", Lwów (
Lviv
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), 1738, vol 9, p 42.
*
Stanisław Orzechowski, Żywot i śmierć Jana Tarnowskiego (written 1561),
Franciszek Bohomolec ed.,
Radom 1830. p. 62-100.
1537 births
1567 deaths
Counts of Poland
Polish Roman Catholics
Jan Krzysztof
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