Janusz Kiszka (born 1600 in Krzywicze (today Belarus) – 1653) was a Polish politician and magnate in the 17th century

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

. Last of the Kiszka family. Royal

Rotmistrz __NOTOC__ (German and Scandinavian for "riding master" or "cavalry master") is or was a military rank of a commissioned cavalry officer in the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Scandinavia, and some other countries. A ''Rittmeister'' is typic ...

, starosta of Parnawa from 1610, Voivode of Polock since 1621, Field Lithuanian

Hetman ( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...

since 1635, Great Lithuanian

since 1646.T. Wasilewski, Janusz Kiszka :Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. XII, 1966-1967, s. 508-510. Raised a Calvinist, he converted with his father and brothers to Roman Catholicism in 1606. Unlike his siblings, he was quite tolerant of his former co-religionists, also because his wife was a Calvinist too. He married Krystyna Drucka-Sokolińska, and had no heirs.

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1600 births 1653 deaths 17th-century Polish nobility Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism Polish Roman Catholics Polish people of the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) Janusz Field Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Great Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania {{Poland-noble-stub