Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski (1666–1726) was a Polish
nobleman
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, aristocrat and military leader.
He was the son of
Hetman
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Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski and Cecylia Maria Radziwiłł, daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince
Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł. He married
Elżbieta Lubomirska, daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, in 1687.
Sieniawski was
voivode
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(governor) of
Bełz Voivodeship from 1692 to 1710, Field Crown
Hetman
''Hetman'' is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal in the Holy Roman Empire). First used by the Czechs in Bohemia in the 15th century, ...
since 1702,
Great Crown Hetman since 1706,
Castellan
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of
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
since 1710 as well as
starost
Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...
of
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
,
Rohatyn
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,
Lubaczów
Lubaczów ( ''Liubachiv'') is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,567 inhabitants
Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located northeast of Przemyśl.
Othe ...
,
Stryj and
Piaseczno
Piaseczno () is a town in east-central Poland with 47,660 inhabitants. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, within the Warsaw metropolitan area, just south of Warsaw, approximately south of its center. It is a residential area and a suburb ...
.
In 1697 he supported
as candidate for king of Poland but accepted the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
of
Augustus II. As commander of the
Sandomierz Confederation, he thwarted the attempt to unite forces of
Stanisław Leszczyński
Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...
with them of
Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...
.
Later, in opposition to King Augustus II.
Like his father he participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683.
He commanded the left wing of Polish forces at the
Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Li ...
.
References
1666 births
1726 deaths
Adam Mikolaj
Castellans of Kraków
Polish people of the Great Northern War
Field Crown Hetmans
Great Crown Hetmans
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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