Prince Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski a.k.a. "Mirobulius Tassalinus" (4 March 1642 – 17 January 1702) was a Polish

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, politician, patron of the arts and writer.Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1641–1702) Biography by Michael J. Mikoś.
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Biography

Lubomirski was the son of Marshal and

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and

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. He was married to Zofia Opalińska, the daughter of Court Marshal Łukasz Opaliński, in 1669 and to Elżbieta Doenhoff in 1676. He was

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of the Crown from 1669,

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from 1673,

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from 1676 and

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of Spisz. Lubomirski fought in wars against

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and

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. He participated with his father in the siege of

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in 1658. He refused to join the

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of his father and try to mediate between the

ans and the king. He was a proponent of the

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and supporter of the politics of queen Ludwika Maria. He performed numerous diplomatic missions to France, Italy and Spain. He was against the abdication of king

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in 1668. From 1667 he was frequently deputy for the Sejm. Owing to his experience and authority, the Sejm session in 1670 was not broken like the two sessions before, which were aborted by a

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. During the interregnum in 1673–1674 he supported the candidature of his friend,

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for the Polish throne. In contrast to his father, he was free of private ambitions and always acted according to the interests of the

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. He was variously talented. He became famous outside of Poland as the author of literary and scientific works. He wrote poems, plays and philosophical, religious and historical tracts. He was the founder and benefactor of schools and churches. As

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he led the

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from 2 May to 19 June 1669 and the ordinary

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from 9 September to 31 October 1670 in

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Children

Elżbieta Lubomirska Count Roman Ignacy Potocki, generally known as Ignacy Potocki (; 1750–1809), was a szlachta, Polish nobleman, member of the influential magnate Potocki family, owner of Klementowice and Olesin, Puławy County, Olesin (near Kurów), a politicia ...

married Hetman

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. *

Teodor Lubomirski Prince Teodor Lubomirski (1683–1745) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). He was the oldest son of Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski and his first wife Elżbieta Denhoff. He was owner of Lańcut, Ujazdów and Połonne. Voivode of Kraków ...

became

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and Sejm Marshal. * Franciszek Lubomirski became General of the Crown Army. * Józef Lubomirski became voivode.

Works

* ''Poezje postu Świętego'' (including '' Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ'') * ''Tobiasz wyzwolony'', ''Ecclesiastes'' * ''Ermida'' (sielanka) * ''Rozmowy Artaksesa i Ewandra'' (1683) * ''De vanitate consiliorum'' (1700) * ''De remediis animi humani'' (1701) * ''Genii veredici''

References

External links

Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, A Quiet Moment Comes After a Storm. Translated by Michael J. Mikoś. Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, Somnus. Translated by Michael J. Mikoś.Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ. Translated by Michael J. Mikoś.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lubomirski, Stanislaw Herakliusz Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish male dramatists and playwrights 1642 births 1702 deaths Stanislaw Herakliusz 17th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights 17th-century Polish male writers Baroque writers Dramatists and playwrights from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crown grand marshals