Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski

Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski
Born1645
Died(1683-12-15)15 December 1683
Ottoman saddle with shabrack according to tradition captured at Vienna in 1683 by the Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski. Czartoryski Museum

Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski (1645–1683) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), military leader and politician.

Early life and family

He was the son of the starost of Lwów Adam Hieronim Sieniawski and Wiktoria Elżbieta Potocka, the daughter of Hetman Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki. He married in 1662 the daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł, Princess Cecylia Maria Radziwiłł.

Military career and politics

He was Grand Guardian of the Crown since 1666, Great Chorąży of the Crown since 1668, Court Marshall of the Crown since 1676, starost of Lwów since 1679, voivode of Volhynian Voivodship since 1679, Field Crown Hetman since 1682 and starost of Radom, Rohatyn, and Piaseczno.

He became famous as a talented commander in wars against Cossacks and Tatars during the reign of King John II Casimir. In the rank of a Chorąży he took part, alongside John Sobieski, in the Chocim expedition.

He was Marshal of the Coronation Sejm between 2 and 14 March 1676 in Kraków.

Like his son Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski, he participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683. He died in the same year by contracting a disease, possibly syphilis, that spread after the battle.

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Court Marshals of the Crown (Marszałek nadworny koronny)
  • Paszek z Bogumiłowic
  • Piotr z Niedźwiedzia
  • Jędrzej Brochocki
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  • Jakub Przekora z Morawian
  • Mikołaj Lackoroński
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  • Andrzej Tęczynski z Rabsztyna
  • Jan z Brzezia Lanckoroński
  • Jan Bejzat z Mokrska
  • Mikołaj Zakrzowski
  • Hynek z Balic, z Gorenic
  • Jan Lackoroński z Brzezia
  • Jan Bejzat z Mokrska
  • Michał Lasocki
  • Paweł Jesieniecki
  • Piotr Kurozwęcki
  • Stanislaw Lanckoronski
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  • Stanislaw Jarocki
  • Piotr Kmita
  • Jan Tęczyński
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  • Stanisław Wolski
  • Stanisław Barzi
  • Andrzej Opaliński
  • Andrzej Zborowski
  • Stanisław Przyjemski
  • Prokop Sieniawski
  • Mikołaj Wolski
  • Andrzej Przyjemski
  • Łukasz Opaliński
  • Stanisław Przyjemski
  • Adam Kazanowski
  • Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
  • Łukasz Opaliński
  • Jan Klemens Branicki
  • Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski
  • Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski
  • Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski
  • Józef Karol Lubomirski
  • Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński
  • Wojciech Dambski
  • Stanisław Chomętowski
  • Stefan Potocki
  • Franciszek Bieliński
  • Jerzy Augustyn Wandalin Mniszech
  • Franciszek Wielopolski
  • Franciszek Rzewuski
  • Kazimierz Raczyński
  • Stanisław Kostka Bieliński
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* For a short time until 1569, Volhynia Voivodeship was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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