Przecław Lanckoroński () of Brzezie of Zadora coat of arms (died 10 June 1531) was a notable member of the Polish

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, a knight often identified as the first hetman of the Cossacks in service of Poland, as well as a landowner and starost of Chmielnik, title awarded in modern

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He was born in Brzezie, to the family of Stanisław and Anna Lanckoroński, née Kurozwęcka. In his youth he was sent abroad by his parents and travelled through

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, German states, as well as to the

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, where he was awarded the title of Knight of Christ's Grave. Upon his return to Poland he joined the

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, where he served under

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. Together with his fellow

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of Cherkassy, he organized several units out of local Zaporozhian

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and lead them to various wars against the

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and

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. He gained much fame as one of the last knights and a hero who reached Bilhorod in 1516 and Ochakov in 1528. And although never awarded the title of

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, he is sometimes treated as the first hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. He died in

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in 1531. He is one of the characters on the famous painting by

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, ''

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''.

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