Prince Aleksander Michał Lubomirski (1614–8 December 1677) was a Polish

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, aristocrat and the brother of controversial commander

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 ...

. Lubomirski was the

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of the Queen from 1643 and

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of the Polish Crown from 1645. In 1668 he became the

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of Kraków Voivodeship, prior to being

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Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (), situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy ...

and

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. He was owner of two castles (

Wiśnicz Wiśnicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małogoszcz, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Małogoszcz, north-west of Jędrzejów, and west of the ...

and Rzemień), three towns, 120 villages, 57

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s and 7

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1614 births 1677 deaths Aleksander Michal Lubomirski (d. 1677) Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish courtiers {{Poland-noble-stub