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Kmita
Szreniawa coat of arms of the Kmita family Piotr Kmita Sobieński Gravestone of Piotr Kmita (died 1505) located in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków The Kmita (plural: Kmitowie) was a magnate family from Little Poland. History The progenitor of the family was a noble from Lesser Poland ''Jasiek z Wiśnicza i Damianic'' (died after 1363). His son Jan (c. 1340–1376) became starost of and his grandson Piotr voivode of Kraków. Piotrs grandson Dobiesław (died 1478), became Voivode of Lublin and Sandomierz and his nephew Piotr (c. 1442–1505) Grand Marshal of the Crown and voivode of Kraków, as same as his nephew Piotr (ok. 1477–1553), who was also a collaborator of Queen Bona. With his death the Kmita family of Szreniawa has expired. Notable members * Jan Kmita z Wiśnicza (died 1376), starost of Kraków * Piotr Kmita (died 1409), Voivode of Kraków * Dobiesław Kmita (died 1478), Voivode of Lublin and Sandomierz * Piotr Kmita z Wiśnicza (1442–1505), Grand Marshal of the Crow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Kmita Sobieński
Piotr Kmita Sobieński (; born 1477 – died 31 October 1553) was a Polish nobleman, Crown Grand Marshal from 1529, voivode and starosta of Kraków, starosta of Spisz (1522-1553), Przemyśl, Koło and castellan of Sandomierz. He was one of the wealthiest and most influential nobles in Poland at the time. Among his estates were 28 villages and townships, including Wiśnicz, Sobień and Lipnica Murowana. Biography He was the younger son of nobleman Stanisław Kmita and Katarzyna Tarnowska. He was also the grandson of Jan Kmita and brother in law to Jan Herburt. An educated person, Piotr Kmita gathered a considerable amount of books at his castle in Wiśnicz. He was also an ardent supporter of Erasmus of Rotterdam. He spent his youth at the court of Emperor Maximilian I, where he distinguished himself for his military valor and humanistic refinement. He fought the Tatars in the Battle of Wisniowiec and the Russians in the Battle of Orsha, and in 1520 he took part in the war ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobiesław Kmita
Dobiesław Kmita (died 1478) was a Polish noble from the Lublin Voivodeship, of the Szreniawa coat of arms. He was one of the signatories of the Second Peace of Toruń The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń (; ), was a peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń) on 19 October 1466 between the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic ... in 1466. He was the youngest son of Mikołaj Kmita and his second wife Małgorzata Michałowska. His brother was Jan Kmita, a Castellan of Przemyśl and Lwów. Dobiesław Kmita died at the end of August 1478, but before 25 August. As he was a single and had no children, all his property were inherited by his nephews: Piotr Kmita, Stanisław Kmita, Andrzej Kmita and Barbara z Dubiecka. Bibliography * Boniecki, Herbarz, t. 10, s. 193; * F. Kiryk, Dobiesław z Sobienia i Wiśnicza, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. 13, 1967-1968, p. 87-88; * Gąsiorowski, Polscy gwaran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesko
Lesko (or ''Lisko'' until 1926; ; , alias ''Olesco Lescovium''; ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009). situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Since 2002 it has been the capital of Lesko County. Lesko is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). History Lesko was probably founded in the fourteenth century; records first mention it in 1436. It was granted its town charter in approximately 1469, when it was owned by the Kmita family. In the seventeenth century, the town was quite an important centre of trade and craftsmanship, with approximately 1,500 inhabitants. Its heyday ended in 1704, when it was looted by the Swedish troops during the Great Northern War. In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szreniawa Coat Of Arms
Srzeniawa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * House of Kmita ** Piotr Kmita Sobieński * Mikołaj Kurowski – Catholic hierarch, Great Chancellor of the Crown of Poland, Primate of Poland * Wacław Potocki * Elżbieta Sieniawska * Stanisław Stadnicki * Wacław Potocki * House of Lubomirski (Srzeniwa without Cross) Related coat of arms * Drużyna coat of arms Gallery File:Epitafium--jana-z-ujazdu--circa-1450.jpg, Epitaph of Polish nobleman John of Ujazd sealed with the Srzeniawa coat of arms by unknown artist. It is located at the church of Czchów, Kraków Voivodeship, Lesser Poland province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland; 1450. POL COA Szreniawa alt.svg, Srzeniawa original version Chevaliere Famille Saloff de la Volga.jpg, A signet with the coat of arms Srzeniawa POL COA D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kmicic
Kmicic is a Polish noble patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of Kmita". A variant of the surname is Kmitycz. The Kmicic family, of the II coat of arms, came from Orsza and was of no particular note. '''', April 5, 2021 Notable people with the surname include: *, fictional character created by |
Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen consort, Queen of Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Poland and List of Lithuanian consorts, Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1450. Smart, energetic and ambitious, Bona became heavily involved in the political and cultural life of the Polish–Lithuanian union. To increase state revenue during the Chicken War, she implemented various economic and agricultural reforms, including the far-reaching Wallach Reform in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In foreign policy, she allied with the Ottoman Empire and sometimes opposed the Habsburgs. Her descendants became beneficiaries of the Neapolitan sums, a loan to Philip II of Spain that was never completely paid. Childhood Bona was born on 2 February 1494, in Vigevano, Milan, as the third of the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name ''Małopolska'' (; ), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a separate culture featuring diverse architecture, folk costumes, dances, cuisine, traditions and a rare Lesser Polish dialect. The region is rich in historical landmarks, monuments, castles, natural scenery and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The region should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only the southwestern part of Lesser Poland. Historical Lesser Poland was much larger than the current voivodeship that bears its name. It reached from Bielsko-Biała in the southwest as far as to Siedlce in the northeast. It consisted of the three voivodeships of Kraków, Sandomierz and Lublin. It comprised almost 60,000 km2 in area; today's population in this area is about 9,000,000 inhabitants. Its landscape is mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowy Wiśnicz
Nowy Wiśnicz () is a small town in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of Bochnia, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which dominates the skyline. Former structures The Carmelite Church in Nowy Wiśnicz was established by Stanisław Lubomirski, voivode of Kraków to commemorate the victory over the Turks in the Battle of Khotyn (1621). It was constructed according to design by Matteo Trapola between 1631 and 1635. The interior was embellished with profuse early baroque stucco decorations by Giovanni Battista Falconi, frescoes by Mathäus Ingermann of Rome, 8 marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ... altars with oil paintings by Ingermann and probably by José de Ribera (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnate
The term magnate, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries since the medieval period. It also includes the members of the higher clergy, such as bishops, archbishops and cardinals. In reference to the medieval, the term is often used to distinguish higher territorial landowners and warlords, such as counts, earls, dukes, and territorial-princes from the baronage. In Poland the ''szlachta'' (nobles) constituted one of the largest proportions of the population (around 10-12%) and 'magnat' refers to the richest nobles, or nobles of the nobility - even though they had equal voting rights in Poland's electoral monarchy. England In England, the magnate class went through a change in the later Middle Ages. It had previously consisted of all tenants-in-chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
