Jan Szczęsny Herburt (12 January 1567 – 31 December 1616) was a Polish political writer, diplomat and a member of the Polish

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s, most notably to

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. He supported the election of King Sigismund III of Poland to the throne, but then became his adversary and joined the leaders of the infamous Zebrzydowski Rebellion in 1607. As a rebel, he was imprisoned by royalists from 1607 to 1609. Herburt was the author of many rebellion-related and anti- magnate treaties. He was also a founder of the Kudryntsi Castle. Jan Szczęsny Herburt hailed from a Polonized German-Ruthenian family.Dziuba, O.
Jan Szczęsny Herburt (ГЕРБУРТ ЯН-ЩАСНИЙ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2004 Himself a Roman Catholic, he opposed the Union of Brest and attempted to protect the Eastern Orthodox minority in the east from

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. His initiative of printing the Stanisław Orzechowski annals and Jan Dlugosz chronicles was criticized by Sigismund III who suspended the publication and confiscated his Dobromyl estates.

Bibliography

* ''Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej'' – Nowy Korbut, t. 2 Piśmiennictwo Staropolskie, ''Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy'', Warsaw 1964, pages 259-263

References

Polish rebels 1567 births 1616 deaths Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Poland-noble-stub