Jerzy Jazłowiecki (1510–1575) was a Polish nobleman (
szlachcic) and
magnate.
Great Crown Hetman 1569–1575,
Field Crown Hetman
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Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
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* Meadow, a grass ...
in 1569. Jerzy was
voivode
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of the
Podole Voivodeship
The Podolian Voivodeship, uk, Подільське воєводство or Palatinate of Podolia was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since 1434 until 1793, except for the period of Ottoman occup ...
since 1567, of the
Ruthenian Voivodeship since 1569, and
castellan of
Kamieniec Podolski
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
since 1564 as well.
Surname is derived from its feudal possession - city of
Yazlovets (now village in
Chortkiv Raion
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On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...
,
Ternopil region,
Ukraine
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).
In 1564 as royal emissary he was sent to
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
. During the
interregnum in 1573 he was a proposed candidate of the so-called "
Piast
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Branche ...
party" in the
election for the Polish throne. In the late 1550s. he converted to
Calvinism
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
and became an ardent supporter of the
Polish Reformed Church
The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Kościół Ewangelicko-Reformowany w RP'') is a historic Calvinistic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, ...
.
1510 births
1575 deaths
Clan Abdank
Ruthenian nobility
Candidates for the Polish elective throne
Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Ambassadors of Poland to the Ottoman Empire
People from Yazlovets
Great Crown Hetmans
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