Michał Wiśniowiecki (1529–1584)
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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.
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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 |
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Wisnowiecki was born before the Union of Lublin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.