Piotr Firlej (died 1553) was a Polish nobleman (
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 ...
).
Firlej married
Katarzyna Teczynska and together they had three children:
Jan Firlej,
Mikołaj Firlej and
Andrzej Firlej.
Piotr became
voivode
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
of
Lublin Voivodship in 1537 and voivode of
Ruthenian Voivodship in 1545. In 1514 he participated in the
Battle of Orsza and was a trusted adviser of Queen
Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen consort, Queen of Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Poland and List of Lithuanian consorts, Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and ...
and King
Zygmunt II August. He founded the cities of
Janowiec and
Lubartów and built castles there. He was also the half-owner of a castle in
Odrzykoń, sparking a dispute between him and
Jan Skotnicki which would later inspire
Aleksander Fredro
Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and Polish authors, author active during Romanticism in Poland, Polish Romanticism in the Partitions of Poland, period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works ...
's comedy ''
Zemsta'' (''The Vengeance'').
The dispute ended after thirty years with the marriage of one of Firlej's sons to Zofia Skotnicka.
References
15th-century births
1553 deaths
Polish nobility
Piotr
Lublin Voivodes
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