Paul John Sapieha () (1609–1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (

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). Sapieha became a

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in 1633,

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in 1635, Obozny of Lithuania in 1638, Podstoli of Lithuania in 1645,

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of the Vitebsk Voivodeship in 1646, voivode of the

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and Great

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of Lithuania in 1656. He participated in the

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against

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in 1651. During " The Deluge" he dislodged the Swedish troops from

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, took part in the siege of

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and captured

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in 1657. Together with

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish szlachta, nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate hol ...

, he defeated the Russian army at the Battle of Polonka in 1660. He was a supporter of the vivente rege elections.

Marriage and children

He first married Zofia Zienowicz, with whom he had two children: *Teodora Aleksandra Sapieha, married Vladislaus Tyszkiewicz and Aleksander Krzysztof Naruszewicz *Michał Sapieha. He later married Anna Barbara Kopeć and had eight more children: * John Casimir Sapieha (1637–1720), Grand Hetman of Lithuania, * Benedykt Paweł Sapieha (1643–1707), Lithuanian Grand Treasurer, * Franciszek Stefan Sapieha (1643–1686), Marshal of the Sejm, * Leon Bazyli Sapieha (1652–1686), Treasurer of the Lithuanian court and Lithuanian army general, * Katarzyna Anna Sapieha (161–1717), married Jan Stanisław Lipski and Alexander Michael Lubomirski, * Konstancja Sapieha (1651–1691), married Hieronim Sanguszko (1651-1685), *Zofia Sapieha (1650–1694), married Mikołaj Wiktoryn Grudziński (1636-1704), *Teresa Sapieha (1652–1737).Geni
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References

1609 births 1665 deaths Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) Pawel Jan Polish people of the Smolensk War Great Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Voivode of Vilnius {{Lithuania-noble-stub