Mikołaj Kamieniecki h.

Pilawa Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), southeast of Warsaw. History Pilawa was administratively located in the Siedlce Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. In 2016, town limits were slightl ...

(1460 – 15 April 1515) was a Polish nobleman (

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) and the first Great

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of the Crown. Mikołaj was the oldest son of

castellan A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe. Its surrounding territory was referred to as the castellany. The word stems from . A castellan was almost always male, but could occasionally be female, as when, in 1 ...

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — , , ''Sanok'', , ''Sianok'' or ''Sianik'', , , ''Sūnik'' or ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of southeastern Poland with 38,397 inhabitants, as of June 2016. Located on the San ...

Henryk Kamieniecki and Katarzyna Pieniążkówna. He was owner of Węglówka, Kombornia,

Wola Komborska Wola Komborska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korczyna, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Korczyna, north-east of Krosno, and south of the regional ca ...

, Jabłonica, Malinówka and the Kamieniec (ger. ''Erenberg'') castle in

Odrzykoń Odrzykoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojaszówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wojaszówka, north of Krosno, and south-west of the ...

. A trusted co-worker of King Jan I Olbracht and

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. He became castellan of

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of the Kraków Voivodship and was Great Hetman of the Crown from 1503 until 1515. Mikołaj defeated

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s in the

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during the Moldavian campaign in 1509 and

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in 1512 in the Battle of Łopuszno.

Marriage and issue

Mikołaj married

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h. Leliwa in ca. 1480 but remained childless.

Bibliography

* ''Mikołaj Kamieniecki'', Polski Słownik Biograficzny, T. 11, s. 517

References

Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1460 births 1515 deaths Lublin Voivodes Mikolaj Great Crown Hetmans People from Krosno County {{Poland-noble-stub

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