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Samuel Karol Korecki
Samuel Karol Korecki (1621 – 12 February 1651) was a nobleman, the last representative of the ducal family of Korecki of the coat of arms of Pogoń Litewska, descended from Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas, son of Gediminas. He was the son of the Voivode of Volhynia, and Anna, née Potock. Early life and education Samuel Karol Korecki received a thorough education, studying at the University of Graz (graduated in 1634) and the University of Padua (graduated in 1641). He was the sole heir to a huge family fortune that covered almost the entire north-eastern corner of Volhynia. The Korecki family owned the towns of Korzec, Jarun, Miedzyrzec and , as well as extensive estates in the Braclaw and Kiev districts. Continuing family traditions, he maintained numerous court troops.Jarema Maciszewski, hasło: „Samuel Karol Korecki”, :''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'', Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Wrocław 1968, tom XIV/1, P. 62 Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rytwiany
Rytwiany is a village in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rytwiany. It lies on the Czarna Staszowska river, approximately south-east of Staszów and south-east of the regional capital Kielce. History Rytwiany, which belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, has a rich and long history. First documented owner of the village was a nobleman named Piotr Bogoria Skotnicki (13th century), and across the centuries, Rytwiany belonged to a number of owners, including Cardinal Wojciech Jastrzębiec, Hieronymus Jaroslaw Łaski, the Lubomirski family, the Potocki family, the Radziwiłł family, and several others. In 1425–1436, Bishop Jastrzębiec built a defensive Gothic castle in Rytwiany, surrounded by the swamps of the Czarna river. The castle, partly destroyed in 1657 (see Deluge) was inhabited until the 19th century, then fell into a ruin, to be finally demolished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estates Of The Realm
The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe. Different systems for dividing society members into estates developed and evolved over time. *The best known system is the French '' Ancien Régime'' (Old Regime), a three-estate system which was made up of a First Estate of clergy, a Second Estate of titled nobles, and a Third Estate of all other subjects (both peasants and bourgeoisie). * In some regions, notably Sweden and Russia, burghers (the urban merchant class) and rural commoners were split into separate estates, creating a four-estate system with rural commoners ranking the lowest as the Fourth Estate. * In Norway, the taxpaying classes were considered as one, and with a very small aristocracy; this class/estate was as powerful as the monarchy itself. In Denmark, however, only owners of large tracts of land had any influence. Furthermore, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Kisiel
Adam Kisiel (; ; 1580 or 1600 – 3 May 1653) was a Polish nobleman of Ruthenian origin. He served as the voivode of Kiev from 1649 to 1653. He was also the castellan or voivode of Czernihów from 1639 to 1646. Kisiel has become better known for his mediation during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Origin Adam Kisiel's ancestors can be found among the former Ruthenian nobility. However, in the times of Adam Kisiel, most of the Ruthenian nobility was almost completely Polonized. He considered himself a Polish nobleman, which he stated at the Convocation Sejm in 1648. Family Adam Kisiel was a member of the noble family Kisiel, which used its own coat of arms, sometime called Światołdycz. They were a Ruthenian family, originally from Volyn. His grandfather, Gniewosz Kisiel, was a colonel in the service of the Polish king Sigismund I the Old, and lost his life in the battle of Orsza. His father, Grzegorz, was a ''podsędek'' of Włodzimierz. He signed his name as Kisiel Niskinicki. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Cossacks#Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossacks as Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He Khmelnytsky Uprising, led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of an independent Cossack Hetmanate, Cossack state in Ukraine. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereiaslav with the Russian Tsar and allied the Cossack Hetmanate with Tsardom of Russia, thus placing central Ukraine under Russian protection. Khmelnytsky was compared to his contemporary, Oliver Cromwell. During the uprising, the Cossacks under his leadership massacred tens of thousands of Poles an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borders of Ukraine and Russia, Cossack raids, countering the Crimean-Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe, Crimean-Nogai raids, alongside economically developing steppes, steppe regions north of the Black Sea and around the Azov Sea. Historically, they were a semi-nomadic and semi-militarized people, who, while under the nominal suzerainty of various Eastern European states at the time, were allowed a great degree of self-governance in exchange for military service. Although numerous linguistic and religious groups came together to form the Cossacks, most of them coalesced and became East Slavic languages, East Slavic–speaking Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christians. The rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russian Empire en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Łaszcz
Samuel Łaszcz (1588–1649), of the Prawdzic Coat of Arms, was a famous szlachcic, nobleman in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with a family estate in Laszczów, Łaszczów. He held the positions of Starosta of Owrucz, Crown Grand Standard-bearer, and Crown Great Guard (''praefectus excubiarum seu vigiliarum''). He served as a military commander and was given the ''Nom-de-guerre, nom de guerre'' "zagończyk" (brave raider), but later became infamous as an outlaw. He was known for his smile and quick wit, and allegedly introduced a Polish halfshaven head, traditional Polish haircut which bears his name. Military career Łaszcz is alleged to have started his military career at the age of 17, serving under the famous commander Stefan Chmielecki, with whom he practiced his military skills in the ''Zaporizhia (region), Dzikie Pola.'' He took part in the Battle of Khotyn (1621), Khotyn campaign (1621) and fought later in 1633 against Mehmed Abazi Pasha during the Polish–Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Pyliavtsi
The Battle of Pyliavtsi (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''Битва під Пилявцями'', Polish language, Polish: ''Bitwa pod Piławcami;'' 21–23 September 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava in Ukraine, a forces of the Zaporozhian Sich, Zaporozhian Host and Crimean Khanate under the command of Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ataman, Otaman Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, Colonel Maksym Kryvonis and Tugay Bey attacked and decisively defeated the Crown Army, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Prince, Princes Władysław Dominik Zasławski, Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Nobility, Noblemans Mikołaj Ostroróg and Aleksander Koniecpolski (1620–1659), Aleksander Koniecpolski with Magnate Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski, Janusz Tyszkiewicz. Background At the beginning of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, Screening (tactical), screening, and skirmisher, skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of force and shock attacks. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as a cavalryman, Equestrianism, horseman, trooper (rank), trooper, cataphract, knight, Drabant Corps of Charles XII, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of ''cavalry'' was not usually given to any Military animal, military forces that used other animals or platforms for mounts, such as chariots, Camel cavalry, camels or War elephant, elephants. Infantry who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Korsuń
The Battle of Korsuń (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''Битва під Корсунем, Корсунська битва,'' Polish language, Polish: ''Bitwa pod Korsuniem, Korsuńska bitwa;'' 25–26 May 1648) was the second significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in Ukraine, a forces of the Zaporozhian Sich, Zaporozhian Host and Crimean Khanate under the command of Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Colonel, Colonels Mykhailo Krychevsky, Ivan Bohun, Maksym Kryvonis, Martyn Pushkar, Matviy Hladky and Mykhailo Hromyka with Tugay Bey attacked and defeated the Crown Army, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Hetmans Mikołaj Potocki and Marcin Kalinowski, both of them was captured in the battle by the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars. As in the Battle of Zhovti Vody in 29 April — 16 May, 1648 the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, allied with the Crimean Tatars and local Ukrainian peasantry, fought against Crown Army, Commonwealth's forces. The insurgency was accompanied by Batoh massacre, mass atrocities committed by Cossacks against prisoners of war and the civilian population, especially Polish people, Poles, Jews and Catholic Church, Roman Catholic and Ruthenian Uniate Church, Ruthenian Uniate clergy, as well as savage reprisals by loyalist Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, the ''voivode'' of Ruthenians, Ruthenian descent (military governor) of the Ruthenian Voivodeship. The uprising has a symbolic meaning in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Karol Tarło
Jan Karol Tarło (c. 1593–1645) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic). Son of starost Stanisław Tarło and Barbara Dulska. Married to Marianna Ligęza c. 1636. He was castellan of Wiślice and starost of Olsztyn and Zwoleń. His daughter Barbara married the powerful magnate Hetman Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (20 January 1616 – 31 December 1667) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, politician and military commander, and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rebellion of 166 .... References Bibliography * * * 1590s births 1645 deaths Jan Karol People from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth People from Zwoleń County {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Ochmatów (1644)
The Battle of Okhmativ or Battle of Ochmatów () of 30 January 1644 refers to the engagement between the Polish forces under hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski and the horde of Crimean Tatars under Tugay Bey. Koniecpolski dealt a crushing defeat to Tugay Bey's forces near Okhmativ. This was the greatest Polish victory over the Tatars in the first half of the 17th century, and brought international fame and recognition to Koniecpolski. Background After several years of relative quiet, the Crimean Tatars, united after a civil war, began raiding the Polish border in strength in the early 1640s. Provoked by a Cossack raid, a large Tatar raiding force began assembling in late 1643 near Ochakiv. In response, Polish military commander, Grand Crown Hetman, Stanisław Koniecpolski, ordered his forces to concentrate near Vinnytsia for 27 December. With the Tatars evading scouts, he split his forces around the possible incursion points. In early January Koniecpolski became aware of the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
