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Jan Sebastian Szembek (1672-1731) was a Polish
szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, a ...
. He was
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starting in 1699,
Vice-Chancellor of the Crown The Chancellor of Poland ( - , from ), officially, the Grand Chancellor of the Crown between 1385 and 1795, was one of the highest Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, officials in the historic Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. This o ...
in 1702, and
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since 1712. He was also the starost of
Łomża Łomża () is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Łomża County and has been the se ...
in 1706.
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of the Sejm (') on December 22, 1701 - February 6, 1702.


Further reading

*Listy Jana Jerzego Przebendowskiego podskarbiego wielkiego koronnego do Jana Szembeka podkanclerzego i kanclerza wielkiego koronnego z lat 1711-1728", ed. Adam Perłakowski, Kraków 2000.


References

1672 births 1731 deaths Counts of Poland Marshals of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crown vice-chancellors {{Poland-noble-stub