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Kazimierz Jan Sapieha
Kazimierz Jan Paweł Sapieha (; 1637–1720) was a grand hetman of Lithuania commencing in 1682. In 1681, he became Field Hetman of Lithuania, the following year he also became the voivode of Vilnius. He held the title of duke starting in 1700. Kazimierz Jan Sapieha is the son of Paweł Jan Sapieha and Anna Barbara Kopeć. He commanded the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army contingent of the military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the campaign to lift the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks. When the main Polish Army under the King of Poland John III Sobieski, who was nominated the Supreme Commander of the Holy League, marched on Vienna and played a decisive role in the battle, it left Poland undefended. As a result, the Lithuanian troops were drawn into a fight along the southern Polish border tying down the anti-Habsburg Hungarian Kuruc forces under the vassal king of Upper Hungary, Emeric Thököly, along the border between Upper Hungary and Poland. This punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Jan Paweł Sapieha
Kazimierz Jan Paweł Sapieha (; 1637–1720) was a grand hetman of Lithuania commencing in 1682. In 1681, he became Field Hetman of Lithuania, the following year he also became the voivode of Vilnius. He held the title of duke starting in 1700. Kazimierz Jan Sapieha is the son of Paweł Jan Sapieha and Anna Barbara Kopeć. He commanded the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army contingent of the military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the campaign to lift the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks. When the main Polish Army under the King of Poland John III Sobieski, who was nominated the Supreme Commander of the Holy League, marched on Vienna and played a decisive role in the battle, it left Poland undefended. As a result, the Lithuanian troops were drawn into a fight along the southern Polish border tying down the anti-Habsburg Hungarian Kuruc forces under the vassal king of Upper Hungary, Emeric Thököly, along the border between Upper Hungary and Poland. This punitive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Perti
Giovanni Pietro Perti or Peretti (1648 – 1714) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and architect, regarded as one of the leading European sculptors on the verge of the 18th century. He has been an elder of Šnipiškės and Antakalnis suburbs governed by Sapiehas. Living in Canton Ticino, Perti, as a sculptor of ''comasco school'', was influenced by an Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Educated in Florence and invited to Vilnius by Michał Kazimierz Pac, Perti has spent most of his life in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania working for magnate families. He became famous for the stucco decorations of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (1677–82), considered the Lithuanian Baroque masterpiece. He worked together with Giovanni Maria Galli who added the ornamentations around sculptures by Perti. Perti served in the manor of the Grand Hetman of Lithuania Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger from 1689 until 1701 During his career Perti has designed, constructed and decorated so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hetmans Of The Grand Duchy Of Lithuania
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Field Hetmans Of The Grand Duchy Of Lithuania
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Sapieha Family
The House of Sapieha (; ; ; ) is a Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate family of Ruthenian origin,Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі" descending from the medieval boyars of Smolensk and Polotsk. Vernadsky, George. ''A History of Russia''. New Haven. Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1961online/ref> The family acquired great influence and wealth in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 16th century. History The first confirmed records of the Sapieha family date back to the 15th century, when Semen Sopiha () was mentioned as a writer (scribe) of the then King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Casimir IV Jagiellon () for the period of 1441–49. Semen had two sons, and . Possibly, the family of Semen Sopiha owned the village of Sopieszyno near Gdansk, which they left because of the Teutonic invasion. Sopieszyno is one of the oldest Pomeranian villages. The records have it that already in the 11th-12th centuries it was a knightly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720 Deaths
Events January–March * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * February 17 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed between Spain, Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic, ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance with effect from May 20. * February 24 – Battle of Nassau: Spanish forces assault the British settlement of Nassau, Bahamas at the end of the War of the Quadruple Alliance. * March 11 (February 29 Old Style) – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns, to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III and Mary II in Britain, but as the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead. April–June * April 4 – The Riksdag of the Estates elects Frederick I new King of Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1637 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy '' Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France. * January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in the modern-day Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Shah, the King of Deogarh, surrenders his kingdom to the Mughal Empire. * January 23 – John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen arrives from the Netherlands to become the Governor of Dutch Brazil, and extends the range of the colony over the next six years. * January 28 – Qing invasion of Joseon: The Manchu armies of China complete their invasion of northern Korea with the surrender of King Injo of the Joseon Kingdom. * February 3 – Tulip mania collapses in the Dutch Republic. * February 15 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of his father, Ferdinand II, although his formal coronation does not take place until later in the year. * February 18 – Eighty Years' War: Battle off Lizard Point – Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Korwin Gosiewska
Teresa Korwin Gosiewska properly Princess Teresa Sapieha (died 1708) was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) and royal favorite, known for her political activity as the influential confidante of queen Marie Casimire. She was the daughter of Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski and Magdalena Konopacka. In 1677, she married Józef Bogusław Słuszka ''de armis'' Ostoja (1652–1701), Field-Commander of Lithuania, Castle-Commander of Vilnius, Court Marshal of Lithuania, Great-Standard-Bearer of Lithuania, Great-Hunter of Lithuania, District-Governor of Rzeczyca, Lanckorona, Pinsk, Pieniawa and Jeziera. By marriage, she attended court regularly, and became a personal friend and confidante of the queen. In 1694, the queen selected her to escort her daughter to her marriage with the Elector of Bavaria. During her absence from Poland, she also visited the French royal court of Louis XIV. From at least 1696, she had a relationship with Jan Kazimierz Sapieha, whom she tried to benefit at court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Marshal Of Lithuania
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Aleksander Paweł Sapieha
Aleksander Paweł Sapieha (8 September 1672 - Vilnius, 4 January 1734), was a Polish-Lithuanian Prince of the Sapieha family, Marshal of the Court of Lithuania (1692) and Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1699). Biography Aleksander Paweł Sapieha was the son of Kazimierz Jan Sapieha and Krystyna Barbara Hlebowicz. He studied at the Collegium Hosianum in Braniewo and then travelled in Europe. He returned to Poland at the end of 1689. In 1691 he married Maria Christina de Béthune, a niece of Polish Queen Marie Casimire Sobieska. He and his wife had three sons and one daughter Ludvika Maria, who married Antoni Michał Potocki. Anna Jabłonowska and Aleksander Michał Sapieha were his grandchildren. In 1692, he took part in the Moldovan expedition of John III Sobieski and received the title of Marshal of the Court of Lithuania. He participated in the life of the court all the time, being with the dying king until the end. During the election of a new King in 1697, he supported the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Franciszek Sapieha
Michał Franciszek Sapieha (1670 – November 19, 1700) was a Polish-Lithuanian magnate of the Sapieha family, ''Koniuszy'' (Master of the Horse) of Lithuania, and a general of Lithuanian and Russian armies. He was a son of Kazimierz Jan Sapieha and his first wife Krystyna Barbara Hlebowicz. In 1680 he attended a Jesuit college in Warsaw, then one in Braniewo. He participated in the campaign against Turkey of Emperor Leopold I in 1690, and then after John III Sobieski's , returned to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1691. In the spring of 1692 he was promoted to major general in the Habsburg army and in the years 1693–1694 fought in further wars against the Ottomans as head of the 47th Styrian Infantry Regiment. He participated in the Siege of Belgrade in 1693. Lithuanian Civil War After returning home in 1695 he fought against the party of the Great Lithuanian Chancellor Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł whom he defeated. He supported the candidacy of Augustus II the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
