Adam Aleksander Sanguszko (1590–1653), of
Pogoń Litewska, was a
Ruthenian noble of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
[Kubiĭovych, Volodymyr and Husar, Danylo Struk (editors) (1993) "Sanguszko, Adam Oleksander" ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume 4, Ph-Sr'' University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada, page 532, ] He was the
castellan
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of
Kiev
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from 1618,
voivode of Podole from 1621 to 1630,
voivode of Wołyń from 1630 and
starosta
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of
Włodzimierz (until 1625).
His parents were Hryhoryi Sanguszko and Zofia Hołowczyńska. He married Katarzyna Uchańska (d.1650) before 1616. They had no children and the ''Sanguszko-Koszyrski'' line became extinct with Adam's death.
During the
royal election in 1648 he seemed to have supported the
Ruthenian Eastern Orthodox nobles and the
Cossacks
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
, arguing for the need to reform or annul the
Union of Brest In 1637 he founded the
Kamień Dominicans.
[Stolarski, Piotr (2010) ''Friars on the Frontier: Catholic Renewal and the Dominican Order in southeastern Poland, 1594–1648'' Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, England]
page 90
Notes
1590 births
1653 deaths
Adam Aleksander Sanguszko
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth people
Castellans of Kiev
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