Adam Wiśniowiecki (c. 1566 – 1622)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, a ...

and magnate. Supported False Dmitriy I during the

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, famous, together with

Konstanty Wiśniowiecki Prince Konstanty Wiśniowiecki (1564–1641) was a Polish nobleman, voivode of Belz since 1636, of Ruthenia since 1638 and starost of Czerkasy and Kamieniec was a wealthy, powerful and influential magnate, experienced in both politics and warfa ...

(1564-1641), for being the 'finders' of the False Dmitriy I. Married Aleksandra Chodkiewicz before 1601. Daughter Krystyna Wiśniowiecka born in 1602.

References

А. П. Грыцкевіч. Вішнявецкія // Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 2. Беліцк — Гімн / Беларус. Энцыкл.; Рэдкал.: Б. І. Сачанка (гал. рэд.) і інш.; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевіч. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1994. — 537 с., к.: іл. 1560s births 1622 deaths

Adam Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam ...

People from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Poland-noble-stub

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