Prince Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski (1634–1702) was a
Polish nobleman,
magnate
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,
Grand Guardian of the Crown since 1660, the
Grand Camp Leader of the Crown since 1661,
voivode
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of the
Ruthenian Voivodship since 1664, Field Crown
Hetman since 1676, Great Crown Hetman since 1683 and
castellan
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of
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
since 1692. Jabłonowski was a candidate for the
Polish throne following the death of King
John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...
.
A talented and skillful political and military leader, Jabłonowski participated in the War with Sweden during
The Deluge, then with the
Cossacks
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and
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*Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555
*Muscovy duck (''Cairina mosch ...
. He took part in the
Chocim campaign of 1673 and participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683. He led the right wing of
Polish cavalry forces at the
Battle of Vienna
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. He also stopped the
Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
at
Lwów
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in 1695. In 1692 Jabłonowski built the stronghold and the neighbouring town of
Okopy Świętej Trójcy. During the
Royal election of 1697, he supported
Augustus II, later in opposition to the King. In 1698, Emperor
Leopold I granted him the title of
Prince
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.
His daughter, Princess
Anna Jabłonowska, who married
Rafał Leszczyński, was the mother of King
Stanisław I.
Biography
Stanisław was son of the
Lord Sword-Bearer Jan Jabłonowski (1600–1647) and Anna
Ostroróg, the daughter of author and scholar Jan Ostroróg. After the abdication of King
John II Casimir in 1668, Jabłonowski supported the French prince
Louis, Grand Condé as a candidate for the Polish crown.
He died on 3 April 1702.
References
Bibliography
* Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa, 1967, Wydanie I
External links
* by
Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
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Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Castellans of Kraków
Polish people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
1634 births
1702 deaths
People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Stanislaw Jan
People of the Great Turkish War
Field Crown Hetmans
Great Crown Hetmans