Mikołaj Daniłowicz (c. 1558 – 30 May 1624) was a Polish–Lithuanian

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and politician. He was Castellan of

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from 1614,

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of the Crown Court from 1610, Grand Treasurer of the Crown from 1617,

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in 1593, amongst many other positions as governors of various states. Educated in 1581 at the

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, he went to Sweden during the rule of

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. He took part in the

Jan Zamoyski Jan Sariusz Zamoyski ( la, Ioannes Zamoyski de Zamoscie; 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, and the 1st '' ordynat'' of Zamość. He served as the Royal Secretary from 1565, Deputy Chancellor from 1576, Grand Cha ...

expedition and during the Zebrzydowski rebellion took the side of the ruler. In 1607 he was envoy to Turkey. In 1621 he erected a manor house in Warsaw, destroyed during the Swedish invasion, and was rebuilt as the Zaluski Library ( Bibliotekę Załuskich). His son, Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz, also served as Grand Treasurer of the Crown. His brother Jan Daniłowicz was the grandfather of King

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Children

* Piotr Daniłowicz (c. 1600-1645) – husband of Katarzyna Beata Szamotulska h. Nałęcz and Krystyna Wiśniowiecka h. Korybut * Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz (1607-1650) – husband of Elżbieta Opalińska h. Łodzia and Zofia Tęczyńska h. Topór * Franciszek Daniłowicz (1605-1653) – husband of Katarzyna Sapieha h. Lis * Zofia Daniłowicz (1637-1681) – wife of Adrian Radzimiński h. Brodzic, Paweł Sapieha h. Lis and Łukasz Opaliński z Bnina h. Łodzia * Stanisław Daniłowicz (b. 1632) – husband of Marianna Siemaszko h. Łabędź * Mikołaj Daniłowicz (d. 1676) – husband of Apolinara Niemojewska h. Rola * Izabela Daniłowicz – wife of

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h. Topór * Anna Daniłowicz – wife of Kasper

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h. Radwan

References

Bibliography

* Kazimierz Tyszkowski, Mikołaj Daniłowicz, w: ''

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'',

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