Marcin Kazanowski, (1563/66The year of birth is not certain due to several conflicting sources – 19 October 1636) was a Polish noble,

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of Halice from 1622,

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from 1632 and

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of the

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from 1633. Married to Katarzyna Starzycka in 1600, he was the father of Dominik Aleksander Kazanowski (1605–1648), voivode of

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. His family, the

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, descendants of Mediolan Comeses, founded the town of Kazanów in 1566. Under Hetman

Stanisław Koniecpolski Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591 – 11 March 1646) was a Polish military commander, regarded as one of the most talented and capable in the History of Poland in the Early Modern era (1569–1795), history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ...

, he was one of the commanding officers in the Battle of Górzno in 1629 against the

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. The discovery legend of the Madonna Bołszowiecka relates that during one of the battles against

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, Hetman Kazanowski discovered the

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of the

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. This was viewed by his troops as a

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and boosted their morale, leading to a victory. Under King

Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Monarchy of Sweden, Sweden and List of Russian monarchs, Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince ...

, he also participated in the wars against the

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Battle of Górzno

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