Łukasz de Bnin Opaliński of
Łodzia coat of arms
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(1581–1654) was a
Polish
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nobleman
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.
He was
castellan of
Poznań
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from 1615,
Court Marshal of the Crown from 1622 (or 1630),
Grand Marshal of the Crown
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in 1634–1650,
voivode
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of the
Rawa Voivodeship
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,
starost wałecki, leżajski, hrubieszowski, kolski, odolanowski, śremski, łosicki, ratneński, ujski and pilski. He was an enemy of
Stanisław Stadnicki
Stanisław Stadnicki (c. 1551 in Nowy Żmigród or Dubiecko – 1610 in Tarnawiec), a Polish nobleman, Lord Starosta of Sigulda, Żygwulsko (Sigulda), a known wikt:troublemaker, troublemaker, called 'the Devil of Łańcut' (Polish: ''diabeł łań ...
.
In 1620 when
Michał Piekarski tried to attack king
Sigismund III Vasa
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N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
, Opaliński threw himself between them, saving the king.
He was a supporter and trusted retainer of King
Władysław IV Vasa
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, considered efficient and just. At the same time he was merciless in exploiting the
crown lands
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he was entrusted as a
starost.
He had three wives,
Anna Pilecka,
Zofia Daniłowicz and
Elżbieta Firlej. He had two children with Pilecka,
Elżbieta Opalińska and
Konstancja Opalińska, as well as one child with Daniłowicz,
Katarzyna Opalińska.
Founder of basilica in
Leżajsk
Leżajsk (; yi, ליזשענסק-Lizhensk; uk, Лежа́йськ, Lezháysʹk), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk ( pl, Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. It has been situated ...
.
Lukasz Opalinski (1581-1654)
Starost of Leżajsk
1581 births
1654 deaths
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