Mikołaj Firlej (died 1601)
Mikołaj Firlej may refer to several members of the Firlej family: * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), hetman, voiode of Sandomierz (wojewoda sandomierski) * Mikołaj Firlej (d. 1588), voivode of Lublin (wojewoda lubelski) * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1601), voivode of Kraków (wojewoda krakowski), Grand Marshal of the Crown * Mikołaj Firlej (1588–1635) Mikołaj Firlej (1588–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachcic and politician. Starost of Kazimierz Dolny from 1596, Lublin from 1614; castellan of Bielsk Podlaski from 1615, Wojnicz from 1618; voivode of Sandomierz from 1633. He w ...

Firlej
Firlej is a village in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Firlej. It lies approximately north-west of Lubartów and north of the regional capital Lublin. It is situated close to Lake Firlej. In 2004 the village had a population of 1,001. History The town Firlej was founded by Mikołaj Firlej in 1557. From the beginning the town has typical agriculture and handicraft character. The other owners of Firlej were the families of Zalewski, Lubomirski and Sanguszko. In 1839 the town belonged to the president of Bank Polski - Mr Henryk Łubieński, who grounded the first factory of tools and agriculture machines in Lublin area. After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, it was annexed by Austria. Following the Austro-Polish War of 1809, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After its dissolution in 1815, Firlej passed to the Russian Partition of Poland. ...
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Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526)
Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), hetman, diplomat, and expert of southeast Europe. Mikołaj became voivode of the Lublin Voivodeship in 1507, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1514, Great Hetman of the Crown in 1515, and castellan of Kraków in 1520. He was several times envoy to the courts of Turkey and Hungary. He participated in the Jagiellonian-Habsburg congress at Vienna in 1515. He fought against Tatars in 1516–1519, 1519–1521 and 1523–1524 but inefficiently commanded the Polish cavalry during the war with the Teutonic Order. He is one of the characters on the famous painting by Jan Matejko, ''Prussian Homage The Prussian Homage or Prussian Tribute (; ) was the formal investiture of Albert, Duke of Prussia ( 1490-1568), with his Duchy of Prussia as a fief of the Kingdom of Poland that took place on 10 April 1525 in the then capital of Kraków, Kin ...''. References Castellans of Kraków 15th-century births 1526 deaths ...
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Mikołaj Firlej (d
Mikołaj Firlej may refer to several members of the Firlej family: * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), hetman, voiode of Sandomierz (wojewoda sandomierski) * Mikołaj Firlej (d. 1588), voivode of Lublin (wojewoda lubelski) * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1601), voivode of Kraków (wojewoda krakowski), Grand Marshal of the Crown * Mikołaj Firlej (1588–1635) Mikołaj Firlej (1588–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachcic and politician. Starost of Kazimierz Dolny from 1596, Lublin from 1614; castellan of Bielsk Podlaski from 1615, Wojnicz from 1618; voivode of Sandomierz from 1633. He w ...