Krzysztof Czarniecki of the

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(b. ca. 1564, d. 1636) was a Polish

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. He was son of Jan Czarniecki. Krzysztof had two brothers: Marcin and Olbracht. Krzysztof was born around 1564. As a soldier he fought under

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in the

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and in

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. He was married twice: firstly to Krystyna Rzeszowska, and secondly to N. Brzostowska. From his first marriage, he had ten children: Piotr, Wojciech, Stanisław, Paweł, Tomasz, Stefan, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Marcin and Katarzyna.

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