Michał Wiśniowiecki or Mykhailo Vyshnevetsky (1529–1584) was a Ruthenian noble (szlachcic) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a prince at Wiśniowiec, magnate, Senior of Registered Cossacks, Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks, castellan of Bracław and Kijów (Kyiv or Kiev),[1] starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Lubeka and Łojów. Great-grandfather of the future King of Poland, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.
Michał Wiśniowiecki | |
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| Coat of arms | Korybut |
| Born | 1529 |
| Died | 1584 |
| Family | Wiśniowiecki |
| Consort | Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot |
| Father | Aleksander Wiśniowiecki h. Korybut |
| Mother | Katarzyna Skoruta z Mołdaczyc h. Korczak |
Wisnowiecki was born before the Union of Lublin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Marriage and issue edit
Michał married Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot and had five children[2]
- Aleksander Wiśniowiecki (ca. 1560–1594), starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Korsuń Szewczenkowski, Lubeka and Łojów, married Helena Jełowiecka h. Jełowiecki
- Michał Wiśniowiecki (died 1616), married Regina Mohyła, father of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, grandfather of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (died 1618), married Teodora Czaplica h. Kierdeja
- Maryna Wiśniowiecka, married Teodor ks. Drucki-Horski h. Druck
- Zofia Wiśniowiecka (1595 – died after 1612), married Jerzy Ostafi Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. V, Warszawa, 1880–1902, s. 36.
References edit
- ^ Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. V. Warszawa: 1880-1902, s. 36.
- ^ "Genealogia dynastyczna". Genealogia.grocholski.pl. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
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