Jan Firlej (c. 1521,

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– 1574,

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) was a Polish nobleman (

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), and

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activist. Jan became Crown Grand Marshal in 1563 and

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in 1572. He agreed to the candidature of

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for the throne of Poland only on the condition that Henry sign the Henrican articles. He also held the titles of

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Bełz Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the Poland–Ukraine border, border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz ...

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, and Kraków. Around 1555, he founded a Calvinist church in

and built a family residence there.Kock - historia miasta

References

1521 births 1574 deaths People from Lublin County Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians Polish nobility

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